Thesaurus results for MIDDLEWEIGHT

middleweight

noun

as in welterweight

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Recent Examples of middleweight But that won't be the only fight on the card worth watching, with unbeaten middleweights Misael Rodriguez and Austin Deanda set to battle, alongside a 130-pound clash between Julian Rodriguez and Cain Sandoval. —

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 The North Carolina native was set to fight at middleweight against Ruziboev but tipped the scales at 190 pounds—four pounds over the non-title limit—forcing the fight to be canceled. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for middleweight

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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
Cooking for heavyweights such as Joseph Parker, who introduced him to Fury, is one challenge, but helping American former world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr, who had to battle to make 147lbs, was a different project.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026