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Middle weight

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mid⋅dle⋅weight

[mid-l-weyt]
–noun
1. a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, esp. a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
–adjective
2. Boxing. of or pertaining to middleweights: the middleweight division.
3. (of a horse, esp. a hunter) able to carry up to 185 pounds (83.9 kg).

Origin:
1870–75; middle + weight
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mid·dle·weight   (mĭd'l-wāt')   
n.  
  1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 160 pounds (72 kilograms), between junior middleweight and super middleweight.

  2. A boxer competing in this weight division.

  3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.

  4. A contestant in this weight division.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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