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Definition of Light heavyweight

1. Noun. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds.

2. Noun. A wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds.

3. Noun. A professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Heavyweight

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light globes light green SF yellowish light gun light guns light harvesting system light heavyweight (current term) light hour light industry light infantry light intensity

light into light machine gun light metal light meter light meters light microscope light microscopy light middleweight light minute

Literary usage of Light heavyweight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Dictionary of South African Biography by E. J. Verwey, Nelson Mandela (1995)
"In the process he won two South African titles, those of middle and light heavyweight, eventually surrendering both titles without having been defeated. ..."

2. Muhammad Ali & Company by Thomas Hauser (1998)
"But prior to that, I wrote two articles about the sweet science, including this maiden effort in 1979 about then-light-heavyweight champion, Mike Rossman. ..."

3. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1904)
"July 4—George Gardner knocked out Jack Root in the twelfth round for the new "light heavyweight" championship at Buffalo. ..."

4. Oversight of the Professional Boxing Industry: Hearing Before the Committee edited by John McCain (2000)
"1 ranking in the light-heavyweight and the heavyweight division. He is only the second man in boxing history to accomplish that. ..."

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