light heavyweight
a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kilograms).
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How to use light heavyweight in a sentence
We first met Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay -- the slender, charismatic 18-year-old light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1960 in Rome.
Former light heavyweight champion Jose Torres described that brutal Manila ballet in conversation as “beyond boxing.”
British Dictionary definitions for light heavyweight
Also called (in Britain): cruiserweight
a professional boxer weighing 160–175 pounds (72.5–79.5 kg)
an amateur boxer weighing 75–81 kg (165–179 pounds)
(as modifier): a light-heavyweight bout
a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually 192–214 pounds (87–97 kg))
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