Noun
a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
Source: WordNetYou'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. Golda Meir
Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations. Larry Holmes
Instead of a business brain cosseting the creative genius in his ivory tower, Mr. Radboy is more like a wavelength sparring partner, helping to construct a permeable scaffolding for their world. Source: Internet
He kept up a close friendship with his chief sparring partner on the opposite side, George F. Edmunds of Vermont. Source: Internet
But Andreessen applied a maxim from his friend and intellectual sparring partner Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in LinkedIn and Yelp. Source: Internet
"I don't suppose you'd consider taking on another cyborg so I would have a sparring partner," he said. Source: Internet