middleweight

[ mid-l-weyt ]

/ ˈmɪd lˌweɪt /

noun

a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).

adjective

Boxing. of or relating to middleweights: the middleweight division.

(of a horse, especially a hunter) able to carry up to 185 pounds (83.9 kg).

Words nearby middleweight

middlesex, middleton, middletone, middletown, middleware, middleweight, middling, middlings, middx, middy, middy blouse

Origin of middleweight

First recorded in 1870–75; middle + weight

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Examples from the Web for middleweight

And he knocked out the second middleweight, and the third middleweight.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
So the coach, seeing that he had struck gold, entered Jimmie in the match with Stanford, but in the middleweight class.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
The middleweight thought that it was a joke on him, and was careful not to hit hard.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
But one day down in the gymnasium, the boxing coach put him in the ring with a middleweight for some practice.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

He looked like Pollyanna, after eight or ten shots at the middleweight title.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for middleweight

middleweight

/ (ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt) /

noun

a professional boxer weighing 154–160 pounds (70–72.5 kg)
an amateur boxer weighing 71–75 kg (157–165 pounds)
(as modifier)a middleweight contest

a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually 172–192 pounds (78–87 kg))

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