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middleweight

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  1. one of average weight
  2. a boxer between a junior middleweight and a super middleweight, with a maximum weight of 160 pounds (72.58 kg)

middleweight

noun

  1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 160 pounds (72 kilograms), between junior middleweight and super middleweight.
  2. A boxer competing in this weight division.
  3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
  4. A contestant in this weight division.

middleweight

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural middleweights)

  1. (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
  2. (countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc

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