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Recent Examples of cruiserweight
The champion exited retirement in 2023 to fight Anthony Pettis in a cruiserweight boxing match, which Pettis won.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 25 June 2024
The cruiserweight fight, scheduled for eight rounds, will be available on DAZN, without a pay-per-view charge.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Firebrand Jake Paul is in the boxing ring once again, this time facing a more competent challenger in what will be a cruiserweight fight with Tommy Fury, the younger brother of current heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
On Tuesday afternoon, viewers of the news conference promoting their cruiserweight bout on Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on Showtime PPV at Madison Square Garden learned Rahman Jr. can trade insults with Paul, a renowned smack talker.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2022
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 25 June 2024
The cruiserweight fight, scheduled for eight rounds, will be available on DAZN, without a pay-per-view charge.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Firebrand Jake Paul is in the boxing ring once again, this time facing a more competent challenger in what will be a cruiserweight fight with Tommy Fury, the younger brother of current heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
On Tuesday afternoon, viewers of the news conference promoting their cruiserweight bout on Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on Showtime PPV at Madison Square Garden learned Rahman Jr. can trade insults with Paul, a renowned smack talker.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruiserweight
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Renier de Ridder Whittaker (26-8) is the No. 5 fighter in the official UFC middleweight rankings.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The 34-year-old Alvarez (63-2-2 with 39 KOs) has been competing mostly at super middleweight since 2020.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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However, with Jack Della Maddalena defeating Muhammad, that opened the door for Makhachev to move to welterweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Born into poverty in the Philippines, Pacquiao became the only boxer to win world titles in eight different divisions, from flyweight to super welterweight.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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One of the late additions to the UFC 317 pay-per-view card was a bantamweight battle between Payton Talbott and Felipe Lima.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Cody Garbrandt was aggressive in the opening moments of his bantamweight bout against Raoni Barcelos.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile, in the co-main event, UFC flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja puts his title on the line against Kai Kara-France.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Born into poverty in the Philippines, Pacquiao became the only boxer to win world titles in eight different divisions, from flyweight to super welterweight.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Volkanovski’s 11-fight winning run between November 2016 and July 2022 is the second-longest UFC featherweight winning streak.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Prince Naseem Hamed, the multi-time world champion featherweight who graced boxing with his presence in the 1990s, wrote the book on showboating.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Specs Field of view 6.5° (341 feet at 1,000 yards) Close focus 10 feet Weight 12.4 oz (351 g) Eye relief 16mm More Great Compact Binoculars Photograph: Zeiss Zeiss Terra ED 8 x 25 Binoculars $400 Amazon These lightweight (10.9 ounces) pocket bins from Zeiss deliver a very good, sharp image.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
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Since aluminum isn’t heavy and doesn’t rust in salty conditions, options like the lightweight CoolCabana5 are a great choice for the beach.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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It’s been four years since Ramirez lost his only fight to Dmitry Bivol for the light heavyweight title, but so far, his descent to cruiserweight has been a success.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Jones previously held the UFC light heavyweight championship twice, from 2011 to 2015, and again from 2018 to 2020.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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“Cruiserweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruiserweight. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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