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Recent Examples of middleweight
In the eighties, Thorn boxed professionally, as a middleweight, ultimately fighting Roberto Durán, a five-time world champ, before turning to a career as a guitarist and singer.
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Headlining the inaugural card will be undefeated junior middleweight Callum Walsh (15-0, 11 KOs) against former world title challenger Carlos Ocampo (38-3, 26 KOs).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
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
Gastelum has missed weight on several occasions in the past, both at welterweight and middleweight.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Headlining the inaugural card will be undefeated junior middleweight Callum Walsh (15-0, 11 KOs) against former world title challenger Carlos Ocampo (38-3, 26 KOs).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
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
Gastelum has missed weight on several occasions in the past, both at welterweight and middleweight.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middleweight
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The fight will be contested at welterweight, and White did not clarify how many rounds the bout would be contested at.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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In the welterweight division, one of the best knockouts of the night occurred when Jason Jackson (20-6) sent Jefferson Creighton (12-3-1) to the canvas in just 22 seconds.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 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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Among the Italian heavyweights, Zegna is absent, having decided to show its spring 2027 collection in Los Angeles on June 5, as reported.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Beulah is the local heavyweight of Rio Paloma, a multi-generation rancher with a palatial home to match.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
14 May 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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His jaw-dropping victorious clash with Doo-Ho Choi was not only Fight of the Night at UFC 206, it was voted 2016’s Fight of the Year and propelled both featherweights into the UFC Hall of Fame.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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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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Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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Although lightweight, the shoe doesn’t compromise on support — it’s designed with a memory foam sole that absorbs impact and provides an extra layer of padding.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed junior featherweight championship against Junto Nakatani in Tokyo, while Gilberto Ramirez puts his WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles on the line against David Benavidez in a DAZN PPV from Las Vegas.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The matchup marks a major escalation in competition for Paul (12-1, seven KOs), who turned professional in 2020 and entered the WBA’s cruiserweight rankings at No. 14 in July.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
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Carlos Ulberg fought through an injured right knee to capture the light heavyweight title in UCF 327.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Middleweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middleweight. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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