junior middleweight

American  

noun

1. a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kilograms), between welterweight and middleweight.

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junior middleweight British  

noun

1. 1. a professional boxer weighing 147–154 pounds (66.5–70 kg)

   2. ( as modifier ) Compare light middleweight

      the junior-middleweight championship

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Example Sentences

“In the junior middleweight division, everyone always went around Mike McCallum, and that says a lot about him,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m back now!” the elder Marquez, a former junior middleweight world champion, told his fellow announcers after changing out of the black T-shirt and black sweatpants he had worn during his son’s fight.

From New York Times

Hogan, a native of Ireland now living in Australia, fell just short in a title bid in in his last outing, losing to junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia in April.

From Seattle Times

Day, 27, had been in a coma for four days following his defeat and, despite having emergency brain surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, doctors were unable to save the junior middleweight.

From Reuters

Knocked down twice earlier in the bout, the junior middleweight was taken from the ring on a stretcher.

From Seattle Times