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Recent Examples of middleweight
The competition categories include lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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
Crawford’s last fight was as a light middleweight, meaning the American will be stepping up two weight classes to fight the Mexican.
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Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Gastelum has missed weight on several occasions in the past, both at welterweight and middleweight.
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Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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.
—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 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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His teammate, former welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, broke the news, even suggesting a potential matchup against Rafael Fiziev.
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Standing 6-1 and weighing in south of 190 pounds, Aaram-Olsen was one of the only welterweight forward types of Vancouver’s 2026 draft class.
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Luana Santos was thrilled as her win on Saturday over Karol Rosa vaulted her into the Top 5 of the women's bantamweight division.
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Freedom 250 is rounded out with names the UFC wants to become stars, like the bantamweight Sean O’Malley with his colorful hair and Bo Nickal, a former NCAA wrestling star who keeps getting ripe chances despite mixed results.
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The result dashed hopes of a team touted as dark horses who could make a long run in the tournament by beating traditional soccer heavyweights such as Brazil.
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Cape Verde earned a shocking draw with heavyweight Spain at Atlanta Stadium.
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During his initial run with the promotion, Horiguchi was 7-1 with his only loss being an April 2015 submission setback to then-flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 186.
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That’s not to forget the only women’s fight of the evening as flyweights Maycee Barber and Karine Silva face off, with the former hoping to extend a six-win streak after more than 18 months out following serious health problems.
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Lightweight's top tier is even more grappling-heavy than featherweight's, so the same vulnerabilities that hurt him at 145 could follow him up.
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Just a year after the company's first foray into motocross bikes, Ducati has unveiled the Desmo250 MX, a fire-breathing featherweight built to dominate tracks with possibly the highest revving engine in its class.
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Wear lightweight, loose and light-colored clothing and a brimmed hat.
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The lightweight frames have rubber temple grips and adjustable nose pads.
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Three championships changed hands with the crowning of new AAA Latin American, cruiserweight and world tag team champions.
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In the co-main event, undefeated cruiserweight Robin Safar (19-0, 13 KOs) will be fighting for the WBC Silver cruiserweight title against Argentine fighter Yamil Peralta (18-1-1, 10 KOs) in a 12-round bout.
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The card, which was headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between then-champion Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka, drew a live gate of $15,909,243.
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In the co-main event, French heavyweight Ciryl Gane vanquished Brazilian star Alex Pereira by knocking out the former light heavyweight and middleweight champion in the second round.
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“Middleweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middleweight. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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