MIDDLEWEIGHT

middleweight

(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds

middleweight

(noun) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds

middleweight

(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

middleweight (countable and uncountable, plural middleweights)

(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports

(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc

(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.

Source: Wiktionary



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