- middleweight - of middle weight or of a middleweight category (155-160 lbs for prizefighters); "a middleweight boxer"
Antonym: light (indirect, via heavy)
- middleweight - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
--1 is a kind of boxer, pugilist
- middleweight - a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
--2 is a kind of wrestler, grappler, matman
- middleweight - a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
--3 is a kind of prizefighter, gladiator
- middleweight - a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds