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middleweight

[ UK /mˈɪdə‍lwˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪdəɫˌweɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
  2. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
  3. a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds

How To Use middleweight In A Sentence

  • The European middleweight champ needed 1,000 of dental work after the attack. The Sun
  • He has won titles at welterweight and middleweight.
  • The undefeated super middleweight champion defended his WBO title 14 times after beating Chris Eubank in 1997.
  • For four years there were no title fights for the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight or heavyweight crowns.
  • Camacho easily outboxed him on the way to winning the fringe National Boxing Association super middleweight title.
  • Although nothing much is known about Tshongolo, the fact that he is Western Cape's middleweight champion and is rated number six in the country, signifies his boxing ability.
  • I was the California middleweight champion in 1982, so my boxing amateur career was from 1977 to 1984.
  • In the decade of the 40's, Burley was ranked in the top 10 in both the welterweight and middleweight and yet there was no title shot.
  • Hopkins has earned his status as one of the all-time middleweight greats by remaining unbeaten through world title defences spanning over a decade.
  • He was a welterweight then, and is now only a light-middleweight, so that shows how well he has managed his weight.
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