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You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.
Marvin Hagler

Meaning of "middleweight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MIDDLEWEIGHT

middleweight  [ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIDDLEWEIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Middleweight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIDDLEWEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves may have been between George Fulljames and Jack Dempsey Bernard Hopkins holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 20 defenses of the IBF title.

Definition of middleweight in the English dictionary

The first definition of middleweight in the dictionary is a professional boxer weighing 154–160 pounds. Other definition of middleweight is an amateur boxer weighing 71–75 kg. Middleweight is also a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually 172–192 pounds (78–87 kg)).

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIDDLEWEIGHT


bantamweight
ˈbæntəmˌweɪt
bobweight
ˈbɒbˌweɪt
catchweight
ˈkætʃˌweɪt
counterweight
ˈkaʊntəˌweɪt
cruiserweight
ˈkruːzəˌweɪt
deadweight
ˈdedˌweɪt
featherweight
ˈfɛðəˌweɪt
flyweight
ˈflaɪˌweɪt
heavyweight
ˈhɛvɪˌweɪt
hundredweight
ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt
junior-lightweight
ˈdʒuːnɪə-ˈlaɪtˌweɪt
junior-middleweight
ˈdʒuːnɪə-ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt
junior-welterweight
ˈdʒuːnɪə-ˈwɛltəˌweɪt
lightweight
ˈlaɪtˌweɪt
makeweight
ˈmeɪkˌweɪt
paperweight
ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt
pennyweight
ˈpɛnɪˌweɪt
strawweight
ˈstrɔːˌweɪt
summerweight
ˈsʌməˌweɪt
welterweight
ˈwɛltəˌweɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIDDLEWEIGHT

middle-distance race
middle-distance runner
middle-grade manager
middle-management
middle-of-the-road
middle-of-the-roader
middle-sized
middlebreaker
middlebrow
middlebrowism
middlebuster
middleman
middlemen
middlemost
middler
Middlesbrough
Middlesex
Middleton
middleware
middling

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIDDLEWEIGHT

air freight
air-freight
atomic weight
balance weight
birth weight
bright
curb weight
dead weight
eight
freight
gross weight
head height
height
light heavyweight
molecular weight
net weight
overweight
sleight
underweight
weight
x-height

Synonyms and antonyms of middleweight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «middleweight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIDDLEWEIGHT

Find out the translation of middleweight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of middleweight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «middleweight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中量级
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de peso medio
570 millions of speakers

English

middleweight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिडिलवेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتوسط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в среднем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

médios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিডলওয়েট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moyens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Middleweight
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mittelgewicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミドル級
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미들급
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạng trung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிடில்வெயிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिडलवेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orta siklet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peso medio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

średniej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в середньому
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mijlocie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

middleweight
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middelgewig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mellanvikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mellomvekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of middleweight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDDLEWEIGHT»

The term «middleweight» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDDLEWEIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about middleweight

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2 QUOTES WITH «MIDDLEWEIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word middleweight.
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Marvin Hagler
You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.
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Marvin Hagler
I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake La Motta.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDDLEWEIGHT»

Discover the use of middleweight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to middleweight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Everything Knock Out Word Search Puzzle Book: ...
With The Everything Knock Out Word Search Puzzle Book: Middleweight Round 2, you'll go head-to-head with 125 intermediate word searches that'll have you begging for more!
Charles Timmerman, 2012
2
Men of steel: the lives and times of boxing's middleweight ...
Profiles middleweight champions, examining their private lives and their battles in the ring, and offers a look at the history of middleweight boxing from its first fight in 1884
Peter Walsh, 1995
3
An Illustrated History of Boxing
Challenger Joe Lipsey (right) missed with most of his big punches, but I.B.F. middleweight champion Bernard "the Executioner" Hopkins was on target with his in their 1996 title bout. Ignoring the managerial and promotional problems that ...
Don Rafael, 2001
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Hawai_i Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics
Lightweight White/Yellow Belts: Dante QuintaL Middleweight Green/Blue: Terry Skinner. Lightweight Red/Black: Shane Meloon. Middleweight Red/Black: Alvin Marquez. 10-12: Sparring. Lightweight White/Yellow: Jason Kim. Middleweight ...
Dan Cisco, 1999
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A Tiger Rose Out of Georgia: The First Black Middleweight ...
The forgotten story of Theodore ?Tiger” Flowers, the first black middleweight champion of the world
Bob Mee, 2014
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The Fearless Harry Greb: Biography of a Tragic Hero of Boxing
Being a natural middleweight made this division the one he cherished most of all. Greb had become the American Light Heavyweight Champion, but what he wanted most was the title that had eluded him, the World Middleweight title.
Bill Paxton, 2009
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Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last ...
312 Marvelous Marvin Hagler Sept. 27 Alan Minter, London TKO3 Won WBA and WBC Middleweight Titles 1981 Jan. 17 Fulgencio Obelmejias, Boston TKO8 Retained WBA and WBC Middleweight Titles Jun. 13 Vito Antuofermo, Boston TKO5 ...
George Kimball, 2008
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The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame ...
MIDDLEWEIGHT Right-handed; 5'10"; 157-175 lbs. 1 48 bouts, 7/9/1 920 to 9/23/ 1 937 Manager: Alex Taitard IBU Middleweight Champ 1 932-37 Hall of Fame Induction: 2005 Born: 5/25/1904, Saint-Dizier, France Died: 8/1 4/1 968 Marcel ...
James B. Roberts, Alexander G. Skutt, 2006
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Black Belt
Sergei Novikow from Kiev won the heavyweight title, while Moscow's Evgeny Soloduchin topped the lightheavies and Guram Gogolauri from Tbilisi won the middleweight title. Anatoly Novikov was best among the welterweights. JUSMAG  ...
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The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame
Solly Krieger National Boxing Association Middleweight Champion of the World ( 1938-1939) The last world champion of the Jewish Golden Age, Brooklyn's rugged Solly Krieger was one of the most formidable punchers of all time. In the early ...
Ken Blady, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDDLEWEIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term middleweight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gennady Golovkin says he will meet Floyd Mayweather at light …
Gennady Golovkin says he is happy to move down in weight to face Floyd Mayweather. The unbeaten middleweight is willing to drop down a ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
2
Title bout between champ Badou Jack, challenger George Groves …
The fight between super middleweight titlist Badou Jack and mandatory challenger George Groves, scheduled to take place on Aug. 22 in Las ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
Boxing News & Rumors: Ex-Middleweight Champ Jermain Taylor …
Boxer Jermain Taylor pleaded innocence due to mental disease to a battery charge last Thursday, according to the Arkansas ... «Chinatopix, Jul 15»
4
Comfortable as Murray marches on at super middleweight
MARTIN Murray made it two from two at super-middleweight level with victory in Manchester. The pride of St Helens stopped Croatian Mirzet Bajrektraevic in the ... «St Helens Star, Jul 15»
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UFC GLASGOW LIVE: Michael Bisping vs Thales Leites in …
Follow all the action from an electric night in Glasgow as Michael Bisping takes on Thales Leites in the middleweight UFC headliner on ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
A British Super-Middleweight Super Six Tournament
The door of Carl Froch's career is now closed. Make sure that the British Super-Middleweight Super Six welcomes us when we open the next ... «Boxing News 24, Jul 15»
7
Arthur Abraham beats Robert Stieglitz to retain WBO super …
The WBO super-middleweight champion had already fought his Russian rival three times in the last three years and was 2-1 ahead. «SkySports, Jul 15»
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Middleweight prospect Liam Desmond looking to extend winning …
Essex middleweight prospect Liam Desmond (5-0) next fights on October 17th at Grays Civic Hall in Essex on a Carl Greaves Promotions show ... «LiveFight.com, Jul 15»
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Demand for middleweight bikes rises
Data shows that demand for middleweight bikes - between 250-350cc - have grown almost 60 per cent over the last two years. KTM 390 Duke ... «Zigwheels.com, Jul 15»
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Froch retires from boxing
Former three-time super middleweight titleholder Carl Froch, who will go down as one of Britain's all-time best fighters and is likely to find a home in the ... «ESPN.co.uk, Jul 15»

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