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Recent Examples of cruiserweight
Hopefully, this is the last big-money distraction from what should be Paul’s proving ground as a cruiserweight, light heavyweight or even heavyweight pro.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Paul has been fighting at cruiserweight (175-200 lbs), and is ranked 14th in that division by the WBA.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025
Paul's win on Saturday resulted in him getting ranked for the first time, coming in at No. 14 in the WBA cruiserweight rankings.
—Scott Thompson , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
Rey Mysterio remains one of the most beloved and influential wrestlers of his generation, proving that cruiserweights and luchadors could be main event level talent.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Paul has been fighting at cruiserweight (175-200 lbs), and is ranked 14th in that division by the WBA.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025
Paul's win on Saturday resulted in him getting ranked for the first time, coming in at No. 14 in the WBA cruiserweight rankings.
—Scott Thompson , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
Rey Mysterio remains one of the most beloved and influential wrestlers of his generation, proving that cruiserweights and luchadors could be main event level talent.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruiserweight
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Last February, the Mexican super middleweight signed a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season that was widely reported to be worth $400 million.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bimota has also added a titanium Akrapovič silencer to the middleweight.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sean Brady reminded everyone he was once viewed as a future welterweight problem with a one-sided grappling clinic on Joaquin Buckley, winning 30-25 on two cards.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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There was some sketchy stuff happening in the betting market before Sean Brady and Joaquin Buckley met in the octagon for their welterweight bout at UFC 328 Saturday.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Rousey became the most famous woman in the history of mixed martial arts, won and lost the UFC bantamweight title, retired, joined the WWE, retired again.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Yorba Linda bantamweight beat the clock in November, needing just 60 hours to somehow get all his affairs in order and fly to New York to pull off a massive upset in his UFC debut.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2026
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Shares of index heavyweight Softbank surged more than 13%.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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Over the course of the series, Hart was joined by a roster of comedy heavyweights in evaluating comics from across the country.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The two flyweights went to war in an effort to capture this season’s Ultimate Fighter crown.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Park previously had a fight scheduled on Aug. 9 against ex-world title challenger and No. 10 flyweight Steve Erceg.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Women’s world featherweight champion Shoko Nakajima currently sits on top of the division, but there are several others who are making waves and could certainly contend for the title in months and weeks to come.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The other day, an observer decided to follow one of these parcels, chosen at random—a featherweight, toaster-size box from Sephora, addressed to 235 West Forty-eighth Street—and chart its journey.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The system works by firing lightweight, thin metal chains towards incoming UAVs.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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The Noni Glow Face Oil is Miranda’s favorite, a lightweight yet powerful face oil formulated to help visibly nourish, brighten and smooth dry or dull skin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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Carlos Ulberg fought through an injured right knee to capture the light heavyweight title in UCF 327.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The vacant light heavyweight title is on the line Saturday night as Jiří Procházka and Carlos Ulberg slug it out until one man goes down.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Cruiserweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruiserweight. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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