middleweights
Neither heavy nor light
Middleweights are boxers or wrestlers in a weight class between welterweight and light heavyweight—typically around 160 pounds in professional boxing.
The term extends to any competitors or things of intermediate size or importance: The company is a middleweight in the tech industry.
As an adjective: a middleweight contender, middleweight division.
Art of fighting with fists
- ringClosed curve shape
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- boutLimited stretch of something
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
knockout · weigh-in · title fight · champion · contender · division · pound-for-pound · belt
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- titleFormal honorific or name
- beltStrap securing trousers
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
contender · challenger · matchup · upset · underdog · favorite · victory · defeat
Combat sports promotion
- cageBarred confinement structure
- octagonEight-sided polygon
- submissionYielding to another's will
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
striking · grappling · clinch · decision · stoppage · title shot · rankings · fight night
Splitting into parts
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- weigh-inOfficial mass verification
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
commission · sanctioning · mandatory · rankings · contender · challenger · champion · unified
pugilism
Art of fighting with fists
rounds · knockout · weigh-in · title fight · champion · contender · division · pound-for-pound · belt · promoter
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- titleFormal honorific or name
- beltStrap securing trousers
rankings · contender · challenger · matchup · upset · underdog · favorite · victory · defeat · trilogy
UFC
Combat sports promotion
- cageBarred confinement structure
- octagonEight-sided polygon
- submissionYielding to another's will
takedown · striking · grappling · clinch · decision · stoppage · title shot · rankings · fight night · catchweight
division
Splitting into parts
rehydration · commission · sanctioning · mandatory · rankings · contender · challenger · champion · unified · lineal
Sugar Ray Robinson
Greatest boxer ever, many say
middleweightsheavyweights
Dominant figures in domain
flyweights · featherweights · bantamweights · cruiserweights · welterweights
middleweightsheavyweights
Dominant figures in domain
lightweights · titans · giants · powerhouses · featherweights