bantamweight |
a boxer of a weight class between flyweight and featherweight, between 112 and 118 pounds. |
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. |
birth name of Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer and international political activist who won the world heavyweight championship three times. |
featherweight |
a boxer or competitor in certain other sports weighing 118-126 pounds, or 54-57 kilograms. [1/4 definitions] |
fighter |
a boxer. [1/2 definitions] |
flyweight |
a boxer who weighs 112 pounds or less and thus qualifies to compete in the lightest official weight class. |
George Foreman |
U.S. heavyweight boxer who twice won the World Heavyweight Championship (b. 1949). |
gladiator |
a boxer or wrestler. [1/3 definitions] |
glove |
a large padded mitt worn by a boxer; boxing glove. [1/3 definitions] |
heavyweight |
a competitor in the heaviest class, as a boxer over 175 pounds. [1/6 definitions] |
hook |
a short swinging blow or punch, made by a boxer with a bent arm. [1/10 definitions] |
junior featherweight |
a boxer weighing more than a bantamweight but less than a featherweight, with a maximum weight of 122 pounds. |
junior flyweight |
a boxer in the class below flyweight, with a maximum weight of 108 pounds. |
junior lightweight |
a boxer weighing more than a featherweight but less than a lightweight, with a maximum weight of 130 pounds. |
junior middleweight |
a boxer weighing more than a welterweight and less than a middleweight, with a maximum weight of 154 pounds. |
junior welterweight |
a boxer weighing more than a lightweight but less than a welterweight, with a maximum weight of 140 pounds. |
light heavyweight |
a boxer or wrestler whose weight is between 161 and 175 pounds. |
lightweight |
of or pertaining to a boxer weighing between 126 and 135 pounds. [2/6 definitions] |
middleweight |
a boxer or wrestler heavier than welterweight and lighter than light-heavyweight, esp. a boxer between 147 and 160 pounds. |
Muhammad Ali |
U.S. boxer and international political activist who won the world heavyweight championship three times; born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (b.1942--2016). |
super middleweight |
a boxer in the weight class between middleweight and light heavyweight. |
welterweight |
a boxer who weighs between 136 and 147 pounds. |