light heavyweight
noun
: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 175 pounds for professionals and 178 pounds for amateurs compare heavyweight, middleweight
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Alvarez, meanwhile, is looking to bounce back from a stunning loss to Dmitry Bivol in a failed move up to light heavyweight. 
cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022 On the other hand, Tyson Pedro, a light heavyweight fighter from Sydney, Australia, didn’t need to research Utah. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Prochazka has won 13 straight fights to become the No. 2-ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 10 June 2022 The week of his light heavyweight championship fight last October, he was said to have stayed in bed 20 hours a day to get maximum rest. Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Just to say the seashell collector became the light heavyweight champion of the world would be hilarious. New York Times, 9 July 2022 How about the winner of the Artur Beterbiev-Joe Smith Jr. clash that then could determine the undisputed light heavyweight champion? Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Álvarez had previously stopped a light heavyweight champion in Sergey Kovalev. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 That includes some title fights featuring a showdown in one of the toughest divisions where light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-7-0) comes in as the underdog in the main event against the No. 2 ranked Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1). oregonlive, 11 June 2022 See More
cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022 On the other hand, Tyson Pedro, a light heavyweight fighter from Sydney, Australia, didn’t need to research Utah. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Prochazka has won 13 straight fights to become the No. 2-ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 10 June 2022 The week of his light heavyweight championship fight last October, he was said to have stayed in bed 20 hours a day to get maximum rest. Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Just to say the seashell collector became the light heavyweight champion of the world would be hilarious. New York Times, 9 July 2022 How about the winner of the Artur Beterbiev-Joe Smith Jr. clash that then could determine the undisputed light heavyweight champion? Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Álvarez had previously stopped a light heavyweight champion in Sergey Kovalev. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 That includes some title fights featuring a showdown in one of the toughest divisions where light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-7-0) comes in as the underdog in the main event against the No. 2 ranked Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1). oregonlive, 11 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
light heavyweights
noun
as in superheavyweights
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