Sentence examples for fringe contender from inspiring English sources

Maybe this is one of the rare years that a fringe contender can add a Drexler or Wallace-type player that pushes them over the top.

Nine months on, following surgery, he returned to stop another American fringe contender, setting up the Lewis fight for a record British title purse of £276,000.

There is no room at the N.C.A.A. inn for at-large teams from the MAAC, although some fringe contender got a boost when Creighton won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament because Creighton would have snagged an at-large bid had it lost the automatic one.

Wepner, a brave fringe contender with hundreds of stitches across his brows, lost a world heavyweight title fight to Muhammad Ali in 1975, dropped Ali in the ninth and was rescued by the referee with just 19 seconds left in the 15th and final round.

Floyd Mayweather Sr., a fringe contender as a welterweight more than 20 years ago and now the self-proclaimed finest trainer in the world, says his son has deteriorated since throwing him out of his house here and replacing him as his trainer with his uncle Roger Mayweather.

Up front several fringe contenders are given the chance to press their claims, among them prop Kieran Brookes, lock George Kruis and Clark.

Coupled with an aging supporting cast (Bowen, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas were all in their late 30s), however, the Spurs were only considered fringe contenders for the championship.

San Antonio qualified for the playoffs as the third seed with a 54 28 record, but with an aging supporting cast (Bowen, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas were all in their late 30s), the Spurs were only considered fringe contenders for the championship.

All three of the mayoral candidates VICE spoke to, as well as other fringe contenders, have recently promised to unveil further policy proposals with regard to indigenous issues in the coming weeks.

How they could do with an inspirational catalyst such as George Smith, who has done so much to turn Wasps from fringe candidates into genuine contenders.

Since Henry's departure, Arsenal has gone from yearly title contender to a fringe Champions League entrant (having had to participate in the playoff round in two of the last three seasons).