I cannot imagine that some of our early prizefighters used perfume, but nowadays the sweet scent of victory is something that one has to splash over oneself.
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As has been mentioned this afternoon, we talk of the noble art of self-defence, but the hallmark of the successfulprizefighteris his capacity to attack.
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For a while he became aprizefighterand music-hall turn.
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Kilbane was such a popularprizefighterin his day that his name appeared in print as a verb.
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Kainen would go on to become an expert in the classics and quite a skilled amateurprizefighter.
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They were also called prizefighters in reference to earlier days.
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He was usually cast as a comic heavy, and often played policemen, doormen, prizefighters, or bullies.
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While listening, he leans forward tensely, with his hands clasped below his knees like aprizefighterwaiting in his corner for the bell...
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He trains as aprizefighterbut can not stop drinking.
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He was later stripped of that honor when it was discovered that he was aprizefighterand thus could not be considered an amateur.
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His father worked as a miner, aprizefighter, and a steel mill worker.
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He was also a racewalker and aprizefighter.
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Prizefighterset off in front, set a very strong pace and was still leading in the straight.
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Thompson was also aprizefighterof some renown.
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Thompson was accused of inciting others, cursing them, calling them thieves and prizefighters.
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