Definition of light heavyweight
: 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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Fans were treated to two matches – Taka Michinoku defending his light heavyweight title over Scott Taylor and the Headbangers beating Los Boricuas – before Austin and Michaels had a showdown in the ring.
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Sullivan’s father, John Sullivan, boxed in the Navy and won the Bermuda light heavyweight championship in 1982.
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Dmitry Bivol, of Russia, knocks out Sullivan Barrera, of Cuba, during the 12th round of a WBA light heavyweight title boxing match Sat.
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Chuck Liddell Chuck Liddell is a world-famous mixed martial arts fighter, whose accolades include a UFC light heavyweight championships in 2005 and 2006, and an induction into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2009.
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The Cherry Hill West junior heavyweight great-great-grandfather, Tommy Loughran, was the world light heavyweight champion from 1927-29.
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Ryan Bader went 2-0 in Bellator MMA, including winning the light heavyweight title.
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DeShon Webster, a 26-year-old light heavyweight boxer from Lenexa, lost for the first time as a professional fighter on Friday to Ali Akhmedov in Round Rock, Texas.
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Meanwhile, Brunson – a former three-time Division II All-American wrestler, at UNC Pembroke – recently stopped a two-fight skid with consecutive knockout victories against Dan Kelly and former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
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First Known Use of light heavyweight
1903
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Definition of light heavyweight for English Language Learners
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: a fighter who is in a class of boxers with an upper weight limit of 175 pounds (79.5 kilograms) : a boxer who is heavier than a middleweight and lighter than a heavyweight
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