middleweight
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt/
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peso medio
- The boxer won the title of middleweight champion after an intense match.
- middleweight champion
- super middleweight
- junior middleweight
Examples
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'It's a battle between the number two' 'and number three middleweights in the world.'
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Anderson Silva: the dominant UFC middleweight speaks of facing the young Jon Jones.
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And new middleweight champion of the world!
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He could make some noise in the middleweight division.
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Top 16 middleweights in the world.
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Faster than Sugar Ray, prettier than Ali, the world middleweight champion...
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And still the undisputed UFC middleweight champion of the world.
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I became the middleweight champion…
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Now, in the middleweight division our final contender and challenger, Matthew Miller.
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I think Larkin made an impressive debut at middleweight, but I don't know, you know?
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Synonyms
A fighter or weight class between lightweight and heavyweight
Antonyms
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A weight class in fighting sports for fighters heavier than featherweight and lighter than welterweight
Compounds
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A boxer in a weight class with a limit of 154 pounds or 70 kilograms
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A boxing weight division for fighters between welterweight and middleweight, up to 156 pounds or 71 kg
How Heavy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Middleweight comes from two simple words, middle ('middle') and weight ('how heavy something is'), and so it names a boxer or wrestler who is in the 'middle' weight class — not light and not heavy, but in between.