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light middleweight

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noun

    1. an amateur boxer weighing 67–71 kg (148–157 pounds)

    2. ( as modifier ) Compare junior middleweight

      a light-middleweight bout

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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IBF light middleweight champion Oshae Jones seems the logical next step; or IBF, WBO and The Ring middleweight belt holder Tammara Thibeault of Canada.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

A few hours earlier, Poland’s Karolina Koszewska — a former light middleweight international champion — was emphatically sent home from the women’s welterweight tournament by Turkey’s Busenaz Sürmeneli.

From Seattle Times Jul. 27, 2021

In 1975, when Walker stopped Washington’s Keith Broom to win the AAU light middleweight championship in a bout on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, he was asked afterwards what he did when he wasn’t fighting.

From Washington Times Aug. 16, 2016

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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