HEAVYWEIGHT
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Heavyweight
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heavyweight
Noun
- A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
- an intellectual heavyweight
- The professional boxing weight division for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
- A similar division and contestant in other sports.
Adjective
- Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- Being relatively heavy.
- Being a leader in one's field.
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