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Middleweight   /mˈɪdəlwˌeɪt/   Listen
Middleweight

noun
1.
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds.
2.
A wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds.
3.
A professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds.



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junior middleweight
light middleweight


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"Middleweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... cart has mixed it up with th' Turks; th' Japs has been at war, an' th' Dagoes; our own peace-lovin' nation has been runnin' wan short an' wan serryal war, an' aven th' Chinese has got their dandher up, be hivins, but Willum, th' Middleweight Champeen, Willum th' Potsdam Game Chicken, Willum, th' Unterdenlinden Cyclone, Willum has been ladin' th' ca'm an' prosperous life iv a delicatessen dealer undher a turner hall. He's had no fights. He niver will have anny ...
— Observations by Mr. Dooley • Finley Peter Dunne
... the last to arrive at the warden's office. Lansing gazed at him in fascination. Goldsmid had been a Golden Gloves champion middleweight before he had heeded the call of the Law, and he looked it. Dr. Slade was the prototype of all overworked doctors. But Court was a type by himself. Lansing thought he'd never seen a colder eye. Yet, ...
— Criminal Negligence • Jesse Francis McComas


Words linked to "Middleweight" :   boxer, grappler, gladiator, junior middleweight, prizefighter, light middleweight, wrestler, matman, pugilist


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