super middleweight

noun

1. a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kilograms), between middleweight and light heavyweight.

Example Sentences

He left the post-fight news conference without his belts, a first in the last seven years, as when he lost to Dmitry Byvol in the light heavyweight division in 2022, he was still the super middleweight champion.

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Against Crawford, Álvarez lost all his super middleweight titles in a fight in which he was vastly outclassed.

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Undefeated super middleweight Christian Mbilli will face Guatemala’s Lester Martinez in a clash that promises to be intense.

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Terence “Bud” Crawford jumped two weight classes to set a career high on the scales at Friday’s weigh-in ahead of his super middleweight bout against Mexican superstar Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez.

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For Álvarez, who will celebrate 20 years in the sport in October and compete in his 21st fight in Las Vegas when he faces Crawford, the weigh-in was business as usual for a Mexican star accustomed to competing in the super middleweight class and higher.

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