Amateur
Amateur noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Upstart
Upstart noun - One who has recently acquired wealth and social position.
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Fights, a scripted show about an upstart amateur fighting league.More on his career here."Tropes and Crumpets": The Apprentice: He and Swiss Money Holding/The Kings of Wrestling were able to put enough of their differences aside in IWA Switzerland to help Italian migrant Andres Diamond.
Source: Wrestling / Nigel McGuinness
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