boxing champion
Belt-winning pugilist
A boxing champion is a fighter who holds a title in a weight class, having won a championship bout or tournament.
The term applies at various levels—regional, national, or world—with world titles fragmented among multiple sanctioning bodies: He's a three-time heavyweight boxing champion.
Former champions often retain the honorific: boxing champion Muhammad Ali.
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- beltStrap securing trousers
- ringClosed curve shape
- titleFormal honorific or name
title fight · gloves · Muhammad Ali · Mike Tyson · prizefighter · pound-for-pound · uppercut · knockout punch · referee · corner · rounds · going the distance · welterweight · underdog · jab · trainers · promoter · fight night
- sports titlesworld record holder
- winnerswinner, winners, victors, victor, conqueror
- medalistsgold medalist, silver medalist, bronze medalist, podium finisher
boxing championclub fighter
tomato can · also-ran · bum · punching bag · never-was
boxing championpunching bag
Suspended striking target
fall guy · cannon fodder · sacrificial lamb · easy mark · opponent
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