as in champion
the person who comes in first in a competition the boxing titlist with the most knockouts to his credit

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Recent Examples of titlist Boyer coached 11 section titlists, from hurdler Anthony Wolfe (14.75 seconds in 1986) and distance runner Jeff Woodland (9:03.9 in 1978) to pole vaulter Jeff Coover (16-4 in 2005) and thrower Wade Green (162 feet, 9 inches in the discus in 1998 and 56-11¾ shot in 1999). Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025 In her own way, that is—keeping it chill is the new titlist’s preference. Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Jan. 2025 Both boxers are multi-division world titlists, and both might be beginning to slide away from their primes. Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 That would almost certainly make the Broncos no worse than the fourth-best conference titlist and in line for a first-round bye. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for titlist

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“Titlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titlist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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