superfight

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noun

A bout between two championship title holders.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounsuperfight (plural superfights)

plural superfights

  1. boxingA bout between two championship title holders.

    Ken Shamrock (right) is the current owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship superfight belt and will defend his title February 16 against Kimo Leopoldo.

    1996 March, John P. Patton, “Royce Gracie's Biggest Rival: Ken Shamrock”, in Black Belt, volume 34, number 3, page 38
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    Ali would go into that superfight symbolizing everything valuable and heroic, but I'm afraid he's getting the chance too late, after too many years of idleness.

    1971, Jack Newfield, Bread and Roses Too, →ISBN, page 98

    Reid outpointed Australian Kevin Kelly and former WBC champ Keith Mullings in defenses and then met Felix Trinidad in a superfight on March 3, 2000, in Las Vegas.

    2002, Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, An Illustrated History of Boxing, →ISBN, page 441
  2. comicsA fight between a superhero and a supervillain.

    It doesn't take the bad guys long to notice his efforts to save the humans below from the fallout of their superfight in the sky.

    2013, Dan Margules, ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II
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    Then back to a period of villain of the week, interrupting that with a superfight that created a new superheroine from an innocent bystander.

    1998 August 2, Stephen B. Mann, “A long running superhero game”, in rec.games.frp.super-heroes (Usenet)

    While seeking out Iron Man, she had her first superfight, little realizing her foe was the armored madman Dr. Doom, who was in the area on undisclosed business of his own.

    2008, Scholastic Avengers Encyclopedia - Part 1, →ISBN
  3. A particularly large or important fight.

    A signal was given and the two groups charged at each other until the entire school was involved in a superfight.

    1990, Guy Lyon Playfair, The Evil Eye: The Unacceptable Face of Television, page 126
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    After you called last night — there was a superfight w/me,& Mom & Judith — I told my mother I was seeing Marc & she had a fit of course.

    1965, American Weave; a Literary Journal - Volumes 29-33, page 35

    To defeat Koon Swan in the elections would enhance his image, not only within the party but also the Chinese community who were eagerly waiting to see the outcome of the superfight.

    1984, Kin Chai Ho, Malaysian Chinese Association: Leadership Under Siege, page 94

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“superfight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfight. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superfight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfight.

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