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Recent Examples of light heavyweight
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.
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Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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
Over the course of his storied career, Jones took down a long list of former champions and held the undisputed light heavyweight crown on two separate occasions.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Oumar Sy Opening the UFC Atlanta card is a light heavyweight matchup between Alonzo Menifield and Oumar Sy.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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
Over the course of his storied career, Jones took down a long list of former champions and held the undisputed light heavyweight crown on two separate occasions.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Oumar Sy Opening the UFC Atlanta card is a light heavyweight matchup between Alonzo Menifield and Oumar Sy.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light heavyweight
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At 87 percent merino wool (blended with nylon), these are also very durable while remaining lightweight (10.3 ounces for a men's large).—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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Not only is the Switchback crazy lightweight, it's purposely designed to be as compact and low-riding as possible.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 July 2025
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In January 2020, Shields moved down to junior middleweight to face Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBC and WBO titles in that weight division.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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In his first title defense Du Plessis picked up an August 2024 submission win over former UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Freire also dropped to bantamweight for a 2023 title shot against Sergio Pettis.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Johnson bounced back from that setback with a May 2024 majority decision win over Nina Hughes to win the WBA bantamweight belt.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The main card features a number of other fantastic matchups, including a middleweight bout between Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov as well as a welterweight fight between Kevin Holland and Daniel Rodriguez.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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At the time of that scrap, Magny was the No. 13 fighter in the UFC’s welterweight division, while Rodriguez was No. 14.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The division is seemingly ready for a change, as Weili Zhang looks poised to make the jump to flyweight sometime soon.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Mile High showdown The Sox visit the Colorado Rockies this weekend at Coors Field in a battle of not-so-super flyweights.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 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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That stretch of victories secured him the No. 10 spot in the official UFC featherweight rankings, and a UFC Fight Night main event matchup against the No. 6 ranked Calvin Kattar in July 2020.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The Switch 2 is a featherweight by comparison, weighing 0.88 pound (1.18 pounds with the controllers attached) and standing 4.5 inches tall, 10.7 inches wide, and 0.55 inch thick.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 July 2025
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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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