Light Middleweight (Noun)
Meaning
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- As an amateur boxer, his fighting weight was in the light middleweight class, where technique and agility were just as important as brute strength.
- The youth boxing league featured a light middleweight match between two skilled opponents, each looking to emerge victorious.
- Light middleweight boxer Diego Martinez had been training for months to trim down from the middleweight class and capitalize on his speed and agility.
- To advance in her amateur boxing career, Emily needed to gradually increase her ring time against experienced light middleweight opponents.
- Khalid Ali made his professional boxing debut in the light middleweight division with a convincing TKO victory over a rugged opponent.