light heavyweight
noun
: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 175 pounds for professionals and 178 pounds for amateurs compare heavyweight, middleweight
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Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Twelve fights into his professional mixed martial arts career, New Zealand light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg is ready to break into championship contention.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
That result was a unanimous decision win for the fighter who many thought would use his wrestling to try to unseat Pereira from the top of the UFC light heavyweight division.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
In July, Pereira followed that setback with a win over former UFC light heavyweight title holder, Jan Błachowicz, in his UFC debut at 205 pounds.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Twelve fights into his professional mixed martial arts career, New Zealand light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg is ready to break into championship contention.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
That result was a unanimous decision win for the fighter who many thought would use his wrestling to try to unseat Pereira from the top of the UFC light heavyweight division.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
In July, Pereira followed that setback with a win over former UFC light heavyweight title holder, Jan Błachowicz, in his UFC debut at 205 pounds.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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