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Recent Examples of middleweight
De Ridder was a two-division champion with ONE, claiming titles in the middleweight and light heavyweight weight classes.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Bruno Silva Two middleweights looking for their first wins in a while face off at the top of the UFC 315 early prelims.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
William Scull Main Event: Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull: Super middleweight, for the undisputed title
Canelo Alvarez Vs.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Bruno Silva Two middleweights looking for their first wins in a while face off at the top of the UFC 315 early prelims.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
William Scull Main Event: Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull: Super middleweight, for the undisputed title
Canelo Alvarez Vs.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middleweight
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However, with Jack Della Maddalena defeating Muhammad, that opened the door for Makhachev to move to welterweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Born into poverty in the Philippines, Pacquiao became the only boxer to win world titles in eight different divisions, from flyweight to super welterweight.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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One of the late additions to the UFC 317 pay-per-view card was a bantamweight battle between Payton Talbott and Felipe Lima.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Cody Garbrandt was aggressive in the opening moments of his bantamweight bout against Raoni Barcelos.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile, in the co-main event, UFC flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja puts his title on the line against Kai Kara-France.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Born into poverty in the Philippines, Pacquiao became the only boxer to win world titles in eight different divisions, from flyweight to super welterweight.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Prince Naseem Hamed, the multi-time world champion featherweight who graced boxing with his presence in the 1990s, wrote the book on showboating.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Volkanovski’s 11-fight winning run between November 2016 and July 2022 is the second-longest UFC featherweight winning streak.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Specs Field of view 6.5° (341 feet at 1,000 yards) Close focus 10 feet Weight 12.4 oz (351 g) Eye relief 16mm More Great Compact Binoculars Photograph: Zeiss Zeiss Terra ED 8 x 25 Binoculars $400 Amazon These lightweight (10.9 ounces) pocket bins from Zeiss deliver a very good, sharp image.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
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Since aluminum isn’t heavy and doesn’t rust in salty conditions, options like the lightweight CoolCabana5 are a great choice for the beach.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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Now at 39, Chávez will face Youtuber turned boxer Jake Paul in a cruiserweight contest scheduled for June 28 at the Honda Center in Anaheim.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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The former undisputed cruiserweight champion weighed 223 pounds for the first fight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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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.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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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
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“Middleweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middleweight. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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