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Here are two of the best boxers of their era, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez, two middleweight knockout artists whose first matchup was a highly skilled, compulsively watchable affair.
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An April 10 commission meeting will decide if his May 5 rematch with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will proceed.
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The middleweight fighter, who hasn’t lost a fight in 26 professional bouts, began mixing it up when someone in his group left a Louis Vuitton bag unattended on the table.
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The undercard includes WBC Super middleweight champion David Benavidez facing Ronald Gavril and Yordenis Ugas fighting Ray Robinson.
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Another appetizing bout is the May 19 title defense by World Boxing Council light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (29-1, 24 KOs) versus former super-middleweight champion Badou Jack (22-1-2) in Canada.
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This week in boxing history Feb. 2, 1970: Carlos Monzon retains his middleweight title following a sixth-round KO of Antonio Aguilar.
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The bout was on the undercard of the WBC and IBF super middleweight fight between Claressa Shields and Tori Nelson that was broadcast on Showtime.
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His daughter Freeda boxed in her own right as a middleweight in the early '00s.
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First Known Use of middleweight
1847
MIDDLEWEIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of middleweight for English Language Learners
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sports : a fighter who is in a class of boxers with an upper weight limit of 160 pounds (72 kilograms) : a boxer who is heavier than a lightweight and lighter than a heavyweight
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