Sentences with phrase «of pugilists»

Osborne Samuel of London sold Lynn Chadwick's sculpture Sitting Figures in Robes I for around $ 80,000 and Sean Henry's sculpture of a pair of pugilists for $ 60,000.

Bandai Namco has revealed the next playable character to join the ever - growing list of pugilists in the super popular 2D fighting game, Dragon Ball FighterZ.

The poll results were sandwiched in between some goofy news about the daily lives of the pugilists from ARMS and what they do when they aren't in the ring fighting, as well as an update on what's new on the Nintendo eShop for the week ending on August 18th.

As you pummeled your way through the various districts you would gain cash that could be spent on food and gear, as well as experience to make your duo of pugilists more powerful.

Historically, there has been a controversial relationship between boxing and religion, both with regard to the nature of the sport itself and the seeming contradictions between the religious convictions and the personal lives of the pugilists.

Chris Brookins is the founder of Pugilist Ventures, a blockchain and fintech focused venture capital firm.

Not exact matches

At the opening ceremony, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president Peter V. Ueberroth hailed the Olympic athletes, a genial collection of javelin chuckers and pugilists, as «the best hope for the future of mankind.»

From the age of 6 on this pugilist never got a decision, never landed a blow.

The Bulls for whom he scratched and battled for 10 of his 11 NBA seasons — as a reliable scoring guard (14.0 points per game), an in - your - jock stopper (four berths on the NBA all - defensive first team) and a willing and able pugilist (he squared off against Wilt Chamberlain)-- were recognized as the Best Team Never to Win It All, the backhanded encomium now affixed to the Jazz.

Is not the slugging of the enemy's best men so as to close their eyes, strain their hips, break their noses, and concuss their brains, and thus compel them to withdraw from the field, exactly the pugilist's policy?»

This news comes as a shock to the pugilist who is currently in the United States of America after losing a 10 - round bout to middleweight opponent Gabriel Rosado.

Across the table, Tony Woodley, one of Unite's two general secretaries, is a career trade union pugilist.

Critics don't doubt his intellect or steel but the other bad part of the Balls caricature is that he is tribal Labour, a pugilist too aggressive for the public's liking, who would put Labour at the head of every anti-cuts march.

He died while still active as a researcher and an in - the - trenches «scientific pugilist» sparring with energy lobbyists, journalists, and members of Congress.

Sadly, this pound for pound grudge match, these finely paired pugilists of equal stature, will take a back seat to the titanic, binary star that is McGregor v Mayweather.

Now it is traditional for the winners of an Police reports about Penn's later pugilist antics are in the public domain, including his bizarre scaling of a Malibu mansion to inform Madonna that he

Apparently humanity's lust for violence simply couldn't be sated by pugilists» limitations of the flesh, and thus we get giant robots beating the cogs out of each other.

Even the limited acting skills of Bruce Willis are all but forgotten as the self - important, ageing pugilist Butch Coolidge.

Michael B. Jordan's impressive turn last year as a plucky pugilist in the revived Rocky franchise — which we guess is now known as Creed — has probably afforded him a lot of interesting offers, including reprising the role of said pugilist.

Jackman's Charlie Kenton used to box himself, but now occupies the used - cigarette end of the industry: controlling fourth - rate pugilists by remote control and watching them get methodically taken apart in the ring.

One of the most underrated movies of the 1970s, John Huston's gritty boxing drama Fat City stars Stacy Keach as an aging pugilist and a young Jeff Bridges as his up - and - coming sparring partner.

Adonis» two main bouts are against fighters of color — the first, played by real - life boxer Gabriel Rosado, is edited as an extended take with exhilarating camerawork that sails around and between the pugilists.

While Mike Tyson's Punch - Out reigns as the king of 8 - and 16 - bit boxing games another pugilist classic is Evander Holyfield's «Real Deal» Boxing for the SEGA Genesis.

If you told me an earlier draft of the script portrayed pugilist hero Billy Hope as a gifted violinist who puts down the fiddle and steps into the ring to pay for an operation for his blind kid sister, I wouldn't be surprised.

Attempting to tell a heartwarming tale of the redemption of a washed - up fighter in a sports world dominated by metal - crunching mechanical pugilists, this punishingly predictable tale will test whether sci - fi action fanboys can stomach having their cherished genre infiltrated by sentimental hokum about a down - on - his - luck dad and his spunky long - lost son.

«Grudge Match» is a sort of «Punchy Old Men», a slow - footed high - concept comedy that pairs up the screen's greatest pugilists, circa 1981, for a few slaps and a few laughs.

Imagine EA Sports» Fight Night's career mode with Robots instead of classic pugilists.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Wahlberg Stars as Real - Life Rocky in Overcoming - the - Odds Bio-Pic Veteran boxing fans are undoubtedly familiar with the exploits of «Irish» Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), the light - welterweight pugilist from Lowell, Massachusetts best remembered for a trio of memorable matches against the late Arturo Gatti.

Yet for all its heavy - duty thematic baggage, the film (based on the play by Ariel Dorfman, who also co-wrote the screenplay), works best as an actor's showcase for its three uniformly stellar leads, who bob and weave with the ferociousness of heavyweight pugilists.

Hizzoner has picked a fight with Eva Moskowitz, not only the operator of a network of tremendously successful charters but also one of the toughest pugilists in the city's notoriously combative political squared - circle.

In these school profiles, we find a cast of characters who are part entrepreneur, part missionary, part executive, and part pugilist.

Instead of an unruly streetfighter, VW manages to make the Golf R into a refined pugilist, less kickboxer than Marquess of Queensberry rules.

«The Crimson Petal and the White meets Fight Club: A page - turning novel set in the world of female pugilists and their patrons in late eighteenth - century England.»

Are you aware of any contemporary female pugilists?

I do not know of any contemporary female pugilists.

Somewhere along the way, dogs of this type became known as Boxers, perhaps for the manner of play that resembles a pugilist's sparring, perhaps for their box - like head.

- the 18 returning classes were chosen by seeing which popular classes would fit with the game - they also wanted to include classes to cover roles that the roster was lacked - the Pugilist class was added because the first group of classes selected did not include any with bashing and binding attacks - War Magus was added because the Medic was the only healer class in the roster at that point - they couldn't simply include all popular classes as that would have skewed the balance of the game - as for the Hero class, they with balanced offensive and defensive capabilities, but this made things to similar to other classes - this was rectified by adding after - images and other skills with good synergy - when an after - image appears, it does the same skills as the Hero, except on the following turn - it becomes possible for skills that usually can not be used multiple times in a row to be activated multiple turns in a row - it also means skills that only have an effect for one turn can be extended to two - after - images use not only the Hero's own class skills, but also their subclass skills - if the subclass is an Imperial, the Drive skill can be used multiple times in a row - when using Hero as a subclass to Nightseeker, the character can cover the Nightseeker's weaknesses of having low defense - after - images can also help increase the chances of inflicting status ailments - subclasses can be used to make up for weakness - Swordsman, a class that can learn speed and accuracy boosting skills, would be a good subclass for the Gunner - Reaper as a subclass for War Magus would allow that character to use the scythe's skills to inflict status ailments - the skill tree is slowly unlocked as a character grows - there are more skills that make jobs» individual styles stand out more, or expand the player's choices - the skill tree is also made so that there are less requirements to learn specific skills as compared to 5 - this makes it easier for players to get the skill they want without spending large numbers of skill points on lower skills - it's now easier to put points into skills, which makes re-specing easier - the team faced difficulty in balancing classes that were never meant to be alongside each other - they are doing their best to ensure that they keep the individual classes» identities intact

While Mike Tyson's Punch - Out reigns as the king of 8 - and 16 - bit boxing games another pugilist classic is Evander Holyfield's «Real Deal» Boxing for the SEGA Genesis.

Luis «Pugilist Penguin» Sierra Jr. is a YouTuber who boils down this concept into a series of two minute tutorials.

When last we spoke, I was in the city of Ul «dah, an amateur pugilist, and had never traveled far from home.

Though our resident pugilist - in - chief, Francis DiPersio, wrote most of these entries, there's a couple guest entries from the rest of us.

As a result, our brawny Pugilist / Gladiator's most powerful weapon wasn't his arsenal of mighty blades; it was a friggin» Google search bar.

Now, French Bread, the Japanese game developer best known for their work on the Melty Blood series, has returned to bring Under Night In - Birth Exe: Late to Steam, allowing PC - bound pugilists to finally get their hands on one of the genre's most criminally overlooked hidden gems.

You learn that they can't petrify a row of your party members if you «bind» the enemy's head, so you teach your Pugilist to give them a concussion (or you have your herbalist poison them and let the damage kill them while you can't move).

Among the pretty pugilists she's taken on the appearance of is Dead or Alive's Marie Rose.

The 29 are made up mostly of returning pugilists from Mortal Kombat's rich past, as you might expect, but there are some very interesting new fighters to play with.

Among the psychotic pugilists who broke free of the nuthouse to join said cast are a viking, a fencer, a pirate, a witch doctor, a magician, a wrestler, and a gigantic football player.

It's been nearly a year since BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend (known as BlazBlue Chronophantasma 2.0 to arcade goers) first slugged its way onto consoles last summer, and now Arc System Works» over-the-top brawler is ready for an encore performance on Steam, allowing PC - bound pugilists to get a taste of the action.

The fighting system as - is isn't friendly for a single session, the subject of capturing youthful pugilists remains a «contested issue,» but a lot of the visual elements are a treat.

Conflict is a recurring theme and Bee uses the underdog as a topos in several works including the title painting, «Doomed to Win,» in which a female pugilist is coached between rounds of a boxing match.