Definition of "prizefight" []

• A match fought between professional boxers for money. (noun)

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• "He also admitted he'd attended one "prizefight" in his life - presumably not in the era when such a term was widely used."
• "Sun minimized some of the "gifts" itemized in the government's case, such as prizefight tickets and World Series luxury box seats."
• "Spokespeople for the campaigns who appeared on television after the debate offered a different view, insisting their candidate had clearly routed the other, and had it been a prizefight, it would have been stopped by the referee in the early rounds."