light heavyweight
noun
: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 175 pounds for professionals and 178 pounds for amateurs compare heavyweight, middleweight
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Oumar Sy Opening the UFC Atlanta card is a light heavyweight matchup between Alonzo Menifield and Oumar Sy.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
One of the two headlining events of April 26’s fight card featured a men’s light heavyweight fight between No. 15 Anthony Smith and Zhang Mingyang.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025
McCallum also dropped a 12-round decision to Roy Jones in a 1997 light heavyweight title fight.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
One of the two headlining events of April 26’s fight card featured a men’s light heavyweight fight between No. 15 Anthony Smith and Zhang Mingyang.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025
McCallum also dropped a 12-round decision to Roy Jones in a 1997 light heavyweight title fight.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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