Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight (above 168 pounds up to 175 pounds) division is the weight division between cruiserweight and super middleweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., to name a few.

Many light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown until Michael Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight championship. Interestingly, Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light heavyweight championship after losing his heavyweight championship. Two all-time great heavyweight champions, Ezzard Charles and Floyd Patterson, started out as light heavyweights. Charles defeated Archie Moore and Joey Maxim several times in non-title bouts before becoming heavyweight champion and Patterson lost an eight-round decision to Joey Maxim before becoming heavyweight champion himself.

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*List of light heavyweight boxing champions

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light heavyweight — ► NOUN ▪ a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between middleweight and heavyweight … English terms dictionary
light heavyweight — light heavyweights N COUNT A light heavyweight is a professional boxer who weighs between 160 and 175 pounds, or an amateur boxer who weighs between 165 and 179 pounds. Syn: cruiserweight … English dictionary
light heavyweight — n a ↑boxer who weighs less than 79.38 kilograms, and who is heavier than a ↑middleweight but lighter than a ↑cruiserweight … Dictionary of contemporary English
light heavyweight — ☆ light heavyweight n. a boxer between a super middleweight and a cruiserweight, with a maximum weight of 175 pounds (79.38 kg) … English World dictionary
light heavyweight — noun (C) a boxer (1) who weighs between 72.5 and 79.5 kilograms light heavyweight adjective … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
light heavyweight — light′ heav′yweight n. spo a boxer intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, esp. a professional boxer weighing up to 175 lb. (80 kg) • Etymology: 1900–05 … From formal English to slang
Light heavyweight (MMA) — The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb (84 and 93 kg). It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division.There are some alternate… … Wikipedia
light heavyweight — noun Date: 1903 a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 175 pounds for professionals and 178 pounds for amateurs compare heavyweight, middleweight … New Collegiate Dictionary
light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, esp. a professional boxer weighing up to 175 lb. (80 kg). [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
light heavyweight — noun a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between middleweight and heavyweight … English new terms dictionary

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