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cruiserweight

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cruis⋅er⋅weight

  [kroo-zer-weyt]
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–noun British.
a light-heavyweight boxer.
Origin:
1915–20; so called by metaphor, since a cruiser is the second heaviest naval ship
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cruis·er·weight   (krōō'zər-wāt')   
n.   In both senses also called junior heavyweight.

  1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight.

  2. A boxer competing in this weight division.


[Possibly after the cruiser warship, the second heaviest warship.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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