fistfighter

He was an unschooled fistfighter who came to command the respect of New York’s social elite.

The First Tycoon by T.J. Stiles: Book summary 2010

A left-handed pitcher has certain advantages on the mound, but so does a left-handed fistfighter, because your opponent instinctively watches your right hand as the area of potential damage.

The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010

A lot of it has to do with the art, but the crazy story is great too, and uses Batman as a detective, a gadgeteer, a fistfighter, and a superhero.

God bless Steve Niles Michael May 2008

Significant, I always thought, that he, the great progressive secularist and fistfighter, the most Aryan Jew in Manchester, needed a Yiddish word to express his contempt.

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

He pointed out that Leukon was representing Ithaka in the boxing and that he was the best fistfighter on the crew.

Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006

Beside him was a massively muscled blond sailor named Leukon, who was becoming a fistfighter of some renown.

Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006

By the time the Wild Humorist left the Pacific Slope in 1866, the erstwhile literary man was a serious drunk, a barroom fistfighter, a patron of whorehouses, and a hack.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

By the time the Wild Humorist left the Pacific Slope in 1866, the erstwhile literary man was a serious drunk, a barroom fistfighter, a patron of whorehouses, and a hack.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

He was a hothead, an idealist, and a ferocious fistfighter in a beer-glass brawl, but often vulnerable and badly used by those who knew how to take advantage of his basic goodness.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

He was a hothead, an idealist, and a ferocious fistfighter in a beer-glass brawl, but often vulnerable and badly used by those who knew how to take advantage of his basic goodness.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002