middleweight
[mid′'l wāt′]
noun
- one of average weight
- a boxer between a junior middleweight and a super middleweight, with a maximum weight of 160 pounds (72.58 kg)
middleweight
noun
- A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 160 pounds (72 kilograms), between junior middleweight and super middleweight.
- A boxer competing in this weight division.
- A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
- A contestant in this weight division.
middleweight
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural middleweights)
- (uncountable) A weight division in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
- (countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
