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Recent Examples of light heavyweight
San Francisco’s Andre Ward, who won the Olympic gold medal for light heavyweight boxing in 2004, appeared on stage with Yamaguchi to congratulate her.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Scully, a ranked light heavyweight, has since trained two world champs, Chad Dawson and Artur Beterbiev, served as a TV analyst and worked on behalf of underprivileged former boxers in the area.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2026
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
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Scully, a ranked light heavyweight, has since trained two world champs, Chad Dawson and Artur Beterbiev, served as a TV analyst and worked on behalf of underprivileged former boxers in the area.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light heavyweight
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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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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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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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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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Burns, who challenged Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title in February 2021, losing via third-round TKO, is on the worst run of his MMA career.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2026
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Conor Benn earned a 10-round unanimous decision over Regis Prograis to bolster his case for a title shot against WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 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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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
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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
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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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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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