prizefighting

• “Low sports, such as prizefighting or Spanish bull-fights, are a sign of barbarity.”

  Anna Karenina

• “Ontario had previously barred professional MMA as "prizefighting," with some officials taking the view that it was inherently dangerous.”

  Thestar.com - Home Page

• “In the 1970s, Nevada allowed some counties to license brothels, in keeping with its tradition of embracing things, such as prizefighting and gambling, that others branded as sins.”

  Free Internet Press

• “At first catering to a “sporting” male subculture in the 1870s—with venues for horse racing, prizefighting, and prostitution—by the end of the nineteenth century, newly liberated working-class women made Coney Island their own.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Renegade History of the United States

• “Leonard retired from prizefighting in 1982 and again in 1984 but was enticed to return in April 1987 to face the up-and-coming Marvelous Marvin Hagler, whom he defeated to capture the WBC middleweight title in what was considered one of the greatest professional boxing matches of all time.”

  Five People Born On May 17 | myFiveBest

• “Pleasingly for literalists, on that day prizefighting made the most momentous contribution of all to the history of Boxing Day sport.”

  The Guardian: How Boxing Day sport became a permanent fixture in our hearts | Rob Bagchi

• “He also completely nails the insular culture of prizefighting.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Sports Books That Matter: A Selection

• “Only horse racing and cricket stretch back as far and as gloriously as prizefighting.”

  The Guardian: Few modern sporting comebacks tend to pass Muster

• “I didn't know prizefighting was like that, she faltered, as she released her hold on the lines and sank back again beside him.”

  CHAPTER X

• “When he went out to smoke Mrs. Mortimer led Saxon into talking about herself and Billy, and betrayed not the slightest shock when she learned of his prizefighting and scab-slugging proclivities.”

  CHAPTER III

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