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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Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
That fight card is headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight championship between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev, and co-headlined by Shakur Stevenson’s Matchroom Boxing debut against Joe Cordina.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Tonight’s Professional Fighters League fight card features the semifinal round for the light heavyweight and lightweight divisions.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Without an Olympic medal or even an actual Olympic fight record on his resume, King, who had been joined on the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team by two alternates from Detroit — featherweight Jimmy Urso and light heavyweight Willis Johnson — forged ahead as a professional fighter.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
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Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
That fight card is headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight championship between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev, and co-headlined by Shakur Stevenson’s Matchroom Boxing debut against Joe Cordina.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Tonight’s Professional Fighters League fight card features the semifinal round for the light heavyweight and lightweight divisions.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Without an Olympic medal or even an actual Olympic fight record on his resume, King, who had been joined on the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team by two alternates from Detroit — featherweight Jimmy Urso and light heavyweight Willis Johnson — forged ahead as a professional fighter.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
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