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What does prizefighting mean?

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Noun
  1. (sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
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The phrase originates from the days of early bare-knuckle boxing or prizefighting bouts, a time long before any rules were produced by the Marquess of Queensberry.
The subject collection could range from fields as sweeping as classics or American literature to books on chess, coffee, prizefighting, detective fiction, or the development of nuclear energy.
But prizefighting was not, in fact, a major avenue of social mobility.
At 33, Bob Buzzell decided to retire from prizefighting.
In short, then, what has happened has been the virtual legalization of prizefighting under cover of the boxing glove.
I will address those more extensively and perhaps go back to the prizefighting issue as well either tomorrow or the next day when this bill comes before the House again.

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