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Recent Examples of cruiserweight
In the co-main event, undefeated cruiserweight Robin Safar (19-0, 13 KOs) will be fighting for the WBC Silver cruiserweight title against Argentine fighter Yamil Peralta (18-1-1, 10 KOs) in a 12-round bout.
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 22 May 2026
Former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champ Bellew is a British fighter who has forged a successful career as a pundit since retiring.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 5 May 2026
With the victory, Paul is now officially ranked for the first time, coming in at No. 14 in the WBA cruiserweight rankings.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 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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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 22 May 2026
Former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champ Bellew is a British fighter who has forged a successful career as a pundit since retiring.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 5 May 2026
With the victory, Paul is now officially ranked for the first time, coming in at No. 14 in the WBA cruiserweight rankings.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 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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Rising middleweight Joe Pyfer will also face Abus Magomedov in a test of power vs. experience, while veteran featherweight Josh Emmett takes on the fast, technical Youssef Zalal in a potential changing-of-the-guard moment.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Oct. 2025
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Crawford’s last fight was as a light middleweight, meaning the American will be stepping up two weight classes to fight the Mexican.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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That approach didn't pay off for Muhammad as he was beaten up and soundly defeated by the welterweight division's next real title contender.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2026
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Askren will face former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in a wrestling match at Real American Freestyle 11 on July 18, his 42nd birthday, in Milwaukee.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Takuma Inoue currently holds the WBC bantamweight title, having beaten Tenshin Nasukawa and Kazuto Ioka, which makes a 118-pound unification with Rodriguez a cleaner near-term fight than chasing Naoya Inoue up at 122.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Rounding out the local talent will be East Palo Alto native Hector Fajardo, who will be fighting ex-UFC bantamweight Andre Soukhamthath in a featherweight kickboxing match.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Which heavyweights are looking good?—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Now, on the back of investor enthusiasm for high-growth plays, AI heavyweights Anthropic and OpenAI have also confidentially filed to go public.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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After defending her World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association featherweight titles with a unanimous decision over Reina Tellez in January, Serrano (49-4-1) defeated Cheyenne Hanson on May 30 in El Paso, Texas, tying the record for most knockouts (32) in the history of women’s boxing.—
Scott Allen,
Time,
9 June 2026
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For Holloway, this is the first welterweight bout of his career after spending nearly all of his UFC run at featherweight and the past year at lightweight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Yoon’s a lightweight, but his wife drinks like a pro.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Ilia Topuria, a Georgian-Spanish lightweight who’s ranked the second-best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, is scheduled to face American Justin Gaethje in the main event.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Gane In the co-main event, former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (13-3) looks to win the interim UFC heavyweight title in his first UFC fight in the weight division.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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London light heavyweight Zak Chelli scored a big upset by stopping Cuban southpaw David Morrell in the 10th round.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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“Cruiserweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruiserweight. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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