light heavyweight

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Recent Examples of light heavyweight While Prochazka looks to earn another title opportunity, Carlos Ulberg has emerged as a potential contender in the light heavyweight division. Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 On October 19, Borralho gave the DWCS another shot, this time at light heavyweight. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Rebecca 'becca' Dyer, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The Ramona Community Planning Group has joined a number of other local groups to support the renaming of the Ramona Post Office in honor of light heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light heavyweight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for light heavyweight
Noun
  • Standouts include the brand’s Pro-Collagen Marine Oil, a lightweight antiaging facial serum that plumps skin and reduces fine lines, plus the Cleansing Balm, a Glamour-editor favorite that gently removes makeup, dirt, and oil.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Replacing gel with teased roots, her lightweight, yet voluminous style conjured up Houston’s texture, like at her Madison Square Garden performance circa 1988.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Why the disparity in box office results between the social media heavyweights?
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Rountree shared his thoughts on how Pereira would perform as a heavyweight.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But perhaps the biggest news is the addition of a brand-new naked middleweight called the 675NK.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Over his career, Inoue won and defended the WBO junior bantamweight title seven times before moving to bantamweight for nine bouts.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Naoya Inoue, who is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters and 30-0, is defending his super bantamweight title on Sunday in Japan, just hours after Álvarez and Crawford fight.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The eventual world super welterweight champ and Boxing Hall of Famer’s toughest fights would come outside the ring, however, over family, identity, and a relationship with Jim that turns dangerous and life-threatening.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Nicknamed ‘the Hitman,’ Hatton won the WBA,IBO and IBF light-welterweight titles and the WBA welterweight world championship during his 15-year professional career before retiring in 2012.
    Reuters, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The two flyweights went to war in an effort to capture this season’s Ultimate Fighter crown.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Joshua won Olympic gold in 2012 at superheavyweight, then won 22 straight pro bouts and claimed three of the four major sanctioning bodies’ titles — all before his U.S. debut against Andy Ruiz at Madison Square Garden in June 2019.
    Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Klitschko won the Olympic gold for Ukraine in men's superheavyweight boxing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
    Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • In July 2023, Inoue moved up to junior featherweight, claiming the WBC and WBO belts in his first fight in his new weight division.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Ortega was scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling in a 145-pound featherweight bout at UFC Shanghai, but it was moved to a catchweight of 153 pounds after both fighters missed weight.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025

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