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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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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

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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