Definition of middleweight Middleweight
/mɪˈdʌlwejˌt/ - [midulweyt] - mid•dle•weight
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What does middleweight mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: middleweights |
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| middleweight - a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds |
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Wiktionary 
- middleweight (Noun)
A weight division in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports. - middleweight (Noun)
A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc.
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In boxing, the term Middleweight is used for a specific group of people based on weight. A middleweight is a boxer weight does not exceed 160 pounds (73 kg).
Boxing organizations created many divisions so that fighters could fight people of the same size.
The first heavyweight champion under modern rules was Irish boxer Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey.
Famous heavyweight champions have include Bob Fitzsimmons, Nino Benvenuti, Rocky Graziano, Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr., Jake LaMotta, Carlos Monzon,
Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony Zale and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Part of speech
🔤- middleweight, noun, singular of middleweights.
