Thesaurus results for MIDDLEWEIGHT

middleweight

noun

as in welterweight

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Recent Examples of middleweight But perhaps the biggest news is the addition of a brand-new naked middleweight called the 675NK. —

New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025 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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Last year, a 46-year-old Pacquiao returned after four years out of the ring to take on Mario Barrios for his WBC welterweight world title.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Pacquiao, 47, is 62-8-3 (39 KOs) and fought for a belt last July, losing by majority draw to then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in an attempt to break his own record for oldest welterweight champion.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026