street fighter

noun

1. a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods

• Hypernyms: ↑rival, ↑challenger, ↑competitor, ↑competition, ↑contender

2. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• Syn: ↑tough

• Hypernyms: ↑combatant, ↑battler, ↑belligerent, ↑fighter, ↑scrapper

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—street-fighting, n., adj.

1. a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.

2. a person who deals with others in an aggressive, cunning manner.

Also, street-fighter.