light middleweight
Britishnoun
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Liverpool's Natasha Jonas and Doncaster's Terri Harper hold all the belts in the light middleweight division between them and have history after their thrilling draw at super-featherweight in 2020.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 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
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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