prize-fight
Definition
Noun: - A boxing match fought for a monetary prize: "prize-fight" refers to a professional boxing contest where the winner receives a financial reward, typically held as a public spectacle.
Usage Examples
- (A professional boxing match with a cash prize.)
- (A contest fought for money and title recognition.)
Advanced Usage
"to arrange a prize-fight": to organize or promote a professional boxing match.
- The promoter arranged a prize-fight between the two undefeated champions. (He set up a contest with a monetary reward.)
"to win a prize-fight": to be victorious in a professional boxing match.
- After winning the prize-fight, he retired from boxing. (He succeeded in the paid contest and then stopped competing.)
Variants and Related Words
Prize-fighter (n): a professional boxer who fights for money.
- The old prize-fighter had scars from dozens of matches. (A boxer who competes in prize-fights.)
Prize-fighting (n): the profession or activity of boxing for monetary prizes.
- Prize-fighting was once a brutal and illegal sport in many places. (Professional boxing for financial gain.)
Synonyms
- Boxing match: a contest between two boxers.
- Fight: a physical struggle, often for a prize.
- Bout: a short contest or fight, especially in boxing.
Related Idioms
"to have a prize-fight": to engage in a professional boxing match.
- They had a prize-fight that lasted twelve rounds. (They competed in a paid boxing contest.)
"to go to the prize-fight": to attend or participate in a professional boxing event.
- The crowd went to the prize-fight to see the champion defend his title. (They attended the money-match.)