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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In the co-main event, former Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov will have his second heavyweight bout in the PFL SmartCage.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, the light heavyweight has divulged his retirement plans to Ariel Helwani.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Performance of the Night bonuses went to Jiří Procházka, for his third-round TKO of fellow former light heavyweight champion Jamahl Hill, and Jailton Almeida for his first-round TKO of fellow top-10 heavyweight Serghei Spivac.
—Brian Martin, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, wrote Norman Mailer, in Foreman’s dressing room, one of his cornermen, former light heavyweight Archie Moore, also felt dread.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, the light heavyweight has divulged his retirement plans to Ariel Helwani.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Performance of the Night bonuses went to Jiří Procházka, for his third-round TKO of fellow former light heavyweight champion Jamahl Hill, and Jailton Almeida for his first-round TKO of fellow top-10 heavyweight Serghei Spivac.
—Brian Martin, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, wrote Norman Mailer, in Foreman’s dressing room, one of his cornermen, former light heavyweight Archie Moore, also felt dread.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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