heavyweight
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“It was a heavyweight fight,” Nickerson said of the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In this corner, the reigning heavyweight champ: a version of every Oscar-baiting, prestige movie you’ve ever seen.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Fury has twice lost to Usyk, with the two-time undisputed heavyweight champion now working with Joshua as part of his training and coaching team.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Now the Wall Street heavyweight is lining up behind the Lone Star State’s effort to displace Delaware as the corporate capital of America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Vin walks inside the gym where he spent the past seven years training to become the next world heavyweight champion, the smell of sweat and dirty sneakers bringing back countless memories.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
He made headlines in September 2005 when he was named best hip-hop act at the Mobo awards - defeating US heavyweights such as 50 Cent and the Game.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He said San Francisco assembled political heavyweights to support its bid; he instead brought department heads to the table — “the people they’re actually going to work with.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
They also took investment from Silicon Valley heavyweights like Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
If we look at matches against modern-day heavyweights Australia and India, Root plummets down the list even further - down in 10th, with twice as many losses as wins.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
These days those prizefighters'd be professional heavyweights or riot police or somethin', but times was diff’rent.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
