middleweight
middleweight
Definition
middle·weight (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
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- British: Lewis, the British middleweight and welterweight champion, and European middleweight, lost the world light-heavyweight championship of 1922 to Georges Carpentier.
- first: Many more will be put through their paces at track days. This first three-cylinder middleweight can induce adrenalin overload.
- naked: The naked middleweight 's bold styling has been designed with an uncompromising and growing market in mind.
- super: Two other Barn professionals are also on the undercard - unbeaten light welterweight Ricky Burns and super middleweight Thomas Cannon.
Modifies a noun
- boxer: He looked more like an average middleweight boxer than a special golfer.
- boxing: Also, the former Commonwealth middleweight boxing champion Michael Watson praised the improvement in sports/leisure facilities for disabled people.
- champion: She is there to receive an award on behalf of her late husband of 47 years, who was world middleweight champion in 1947.
- championship: Here were two knockout artists fighting for the middleweight championship at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
- designer: You should be a middleweight designer or perhaps a junior ready to make their move up the career ladder.
- title: He later won the middleweight title for the third time with a spectacular second round knockout of Olson in December 1955.
Noun used with modifier
- sport: The second model on display will be the brand new F800 S sports middleweight, with BMWâs first-ever parallel-twin engine.
- three-cylinder: Many more will be put through their paces at track days. This first three-cylinder middleweight can induce adrenalin overload.
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