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.

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heavyweight

Noun

  1. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
    an intellectual heavyweight
  2. The professional boxing weight division for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
  3. A similar division and contestant in other sports.

Adjective

  1. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
  2. Being relatively heavy.
  3. Being a leader in one's field.


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