Which preposition to use with pugilists

of Occurrences 4%

At the little inn of the village some of the magnates of the Ring were to assemble on the morning of the fight for an early breakfast, to which Charley and I had the good fortune to be invited by Jack Brassy's second, Peter Crawley, another noted pugilist of his day.

over Occurrences 1%

A local ruffian, a patient of ours, by the way, matched against a pugilist over at Croxley.

than Occurrences 1%

Mr. Kilburn is a gentleman unaccustomed to rough-and-tumble encounters, while his adversary has doubtless associated more with pugilists than gentlemenat least any one would think so from his actions yesterday.

with Occurrences 1%

was a locked pugilist with language!

Which preposition to use with  pugilists