Low sports, such as prizefighting or Spanish bull-fights, are a sign of barbarity. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
Ontario had previously barred professional MMA as "prizefighting," with some officials taking the view that it was inherently dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Free Internet Press] Reference
Tonight a prizefighting ring had been set up, lit by numerous oil lamps. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
Only horse racing and cricket stretch back as far and as gloriously as prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [Few modern sporting comebacks tend to pass Muster] Reference
They want information about current events, but they don't want just prizefighting and debating. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2006] Reference
Changing social mores helped to determine the fate of anti-dueling and anti-prizefighting legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Contemporaneous to the “Raines Hotels” was another loophole, this one in Federal and State Laws governing boxing, or prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Blade to the Heat, a play about prizefighting by Oliver Mayer, demonstrates why Wolfe ( "" Angels in America '') is the hottest director in America. From Wordnik.com. [Big Names, Small Stages] Reference
It was a side bet, if you like, the very essence of prizefighting when it entered the sporting consciousness of this country, bare-knuckled and brazen, in Georgian times. From Wordnik.com. [David Haye's shame was sharing the ring with pacifist Audley Harrison] Reference
Credit often gets generously spread around in prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
After all the name of the game is prizefighting, the emphasis on "prize". From Wordnik.com. [MVN] Reference
Ben - with a reach like that you would probably be good at prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News] Reference
Do we really know all there is to know about the essence of prizefighting?. From Wordnik.com. [Bloody Elbow] Reference
The London Prize Ring Rules were the standard for prizefighting in America. From Wordnik.com. [Main Features] Reference
Tavoris Cloud is enjoying a prizefighting career that he could have easily missed. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It started with prizefighting, illegal elsewhere in an era of bare-knuckle boxing. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
The social stigma against prizefighting ran broadly and deeply through American life. From Wordnik.com. [Main Features] Reference
Women falling head-over-heels over champion boxers is not new in the world of prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
"I'm not interested in prizefighting but I am interested in my husband's welfare," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Brownsville Herald :] Reference
"I hear they're nutty on prizefighting like in Tahiti, and I'll teach 'em boxing," he explained. From Wordnik.com. [White Shadows in the South Seas] Reference
The vote does not affect amateur cards, but means prizefighting reverts to being illegal within the city. From Wordnik.com. [North Shore News - News] Reference
It is strange how much genuine poetry lingers in this odd collection of verses in praise of prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [Gossip in a Library] Reference
They pitched the idea both as a means to "flush out" illegal prizefighting and to promote North Vancouver businesses. From Wordnik.com. [North Shore News - News] Reference
Eliot, who considered football "more brutalizing than prizefighting, cockfighting, or bullfighting," wanted to follow suit. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
I didn't know prizefighting was like that, she faltered, as she released her hold on the lines and sank back again beside him. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The Criminal Code prohibits prizefighting, but provinces may choose to exempt such activities as boxing and mixed martial arts. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
Other bills would get rid of crime classifications for prizefighting and taking a woman against her will and forcing her to marry. From Wordnik.com. [Paul & Matt's Sports Attack] Reference
If no longer prizefighting was to be had, at least there were boxing competitions, so called, in dingy back parlours out Whitechapel way. From Wordnik.com. [Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow] Reference
“Perhaps you’d explain the finer points of prizefighting?”. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
'No prizefighting outside the ring. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes The Weasel]
So this was prizefighting, Saxon thought. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
No prizefighting details?. From Wordnik.com. [The Colour of Newsprint] Reference
They call it prizefighting for a reason. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That section forbids unsanctioned prizefighting. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
No prizefighting details. From Wordnik.com. [Adrian Monck] Reference
He’s a prizefighting fan, so it must be true. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
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