It's amazing how his skill alone has kept him an elite fighter, even with all that excess fat and lack of conditioning/endurance.

He was an elite fighter during his era.

Vargas (26-4) did not sound ready to retire, but his reputation as an elite fighter has been damaged.

He was a member of King David's elite fighters known as The Thirty.

After taking some time off from the ring, Toney came back in 1999, seemingly focused on reclaiming his status as an elite fighter.

Quartey has to prove that he still belongs among the elite fighters.

I want to be fighting at that top table now with elite fighters.

Santana, a 34-year-old Dominican, is not an elite fighter.

Although Lewis has beaten some solid opponents, he has not faced an elite fighter in his prime.

What saved us was that the elite fighters that were left here had been drinking, and simply didn't fight together at all well.