On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Middleweight. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as boxer or pugilist and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Middleweight meaning
- A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
- A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
- A class in between heavy and light.
Using Middleweight
- The main meaning on this page is: A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports | A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc | A class in between heavy and light.
- Useful related words include: boxer, pugilist, wrestler, grappler.
- In the example corpus, middleweight often appears in combinations such as: middleweight champion, the middleweight, middleweight title.
Context around Middleweight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Middleweight
- In this selection, "middleweight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, super, wba, light, champion, title and titles stand out and add context to how "middleweight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a light middleweight round of and a super middleweight title boxing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "middleweight" sits close to words such as acadia, ae and aes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with middleweight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’ll face No. 4 ranked welterweight in a middleweight title eliminator. (12 words)
Jermell Charlo, an undisputed champion at junior middleweight, lacks Davis’ star power. (12 words)
Super middleweight and WBA Middleweight Champion Aydos Yerbosynuli rose from sixth to fourth. (13 words)
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight. (43 words)
Adesanya followed Pereira down to the mat but referee Dan Mirgliotta waved the fight off, returning the Nigerian-born New Zealander to the top of the middleweight pile, a weight class he has dominated for the last four years. (39 words)
Adam emerged with the decision victory that night in a close bout, but with the NSW light-middleweight amateur title on the line this time, Silisia feels he is "10 times better than the last time we fought". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
He currently holds the WBA (Super), and lineal middleweight titles, and the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight titles.
Former World Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin, formerly first in the WBA middleweight rating, is no longer among the top 15.
Super middleweight and WBA Middleweight Champion Aydos Yerbosynuli rose from sixth to fourth.
Since 2015 Michelle has gone on dominate the WAL Women’s Middleweight Division, winning multiple state and regional titles as well as the WAL Women’s Middleweight Championship Hammer in 2017.
Adam emerged with the decision victory that night in a close bout, but with the NSW light-middleweight amateur title on the line this time, Silisia feels he is "10 times better than the last time we fought".
Adesanya followed Pereira down to the mat but referee Dan Mirgliotta waved the fight off, returning the Nigerian-born New Zealander to the top of the middleweight pile, a weight class he has dominated for the last four years.
An all-European curtain-raiser here with rising star Dolidze making a bid to break the middleweight top five and see off the 'Italian Dream'.
And while much of the talk ahead of Marshall’s return to the ring with Crews-Dezurn has been about her missed rematch with Shields, the super middleweight champion has also declared her intentions to rematch Shields.
Du Plessis seemed to set up a shot at UFC Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya with a TKO win over former champion Robert Whittaker.
Former super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch has poked fun at Fury’s bulk and questioned whether Usyk could overcome the much bigger man.
He’ll face No. 4 ranked welterweight in a middleweight title eliminator.
In a Light middleweight Round of 32 bout, Nishant Dev squared off against South Korea’s Lee Sangmin.
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight.
It wasn't long before Bruce Buffer was announcing the pair's middleweight showdown, which was, surprisingly, well received.
Jermell Charlo, an undisputed champion at junior middleweight, lacks Davis’ star power.
Look closely and you realise Street is also wearing his middleweight wrestling championship title belt.
MMA Fighting reports that Tamara Alves, Costa's partner and manager, said that the former UFC middleweight title challenger is not medically cleared to compete at UFC 294 because of the "still active" infection in his right elbow.
Next Gen will take on the experienced Liam Smith in a middleweight bout in Manchester.
Robert Whittaker punches Dricus Du Plessis during a middleweight mixed martial arts bout during UFC 290 on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Mexico, left, fights John Ryder of Britain in a super middleweight title boxing match at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, May 6, 2023.
Common combinations with middleweight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: