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middleweight

1. 
a. a professional boxer weighing 154--160 pounds (70--72.5 kg)
b. an amateur boxer weighing 71--75 kg (157--165 pounds)
c. (as modifier): a middleweight contest
2. a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually 172--192 pounds (78--87 kg))
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The WBO middleweight champion, who confirmed last week that he will defend his title against Martin Murray in April, said: "There's not one of those super-middleweights who I don't think I could beat.
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Olympic silver-medallist Vijender, defeated Chinese boxer Zulpikar Maimaitiali during his last fight in Mumbai in August to claim the WBO Oriental super middleweight title and successfully defended his WBO Asia Pacific crown.
Extra lightweight Daryl John Mercado and Sherwin De Rosa finished 1-2 for UST, as half middleweight Renzo Cazenas and heavyweight Dither Joshua Tablan took golds in their weight class.
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