light middleweight
Britishnoun
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Alvarez is rated as the world's leading pound-for-pound male boxer. external-link, and his only other defeat was to Floyd Mayweather at light middleweight in 2013.
From BBC ● May 8, 2022
She already won the light middleweight, middleweight and super middleweight crowns in her boxing career and was the fastest fighter in history — either male or female — to become a three-division world champion.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
The chiseled 5-foot-8, 150-pound light middleweight who stepped in the ring for 38 professional fights is but a memory.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2014
The former WBC light middleweight champ takes on Grzegorz Proksa in Florida, hoping to rediscover the consistency that once heralded a 21-bout unbeaten run.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
Abrar, 50, represented Pakistan in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and won a light middleweight gold medal in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2011
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