heavyweight
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“It was a heavyweight fight,” Nickerson said of the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Canadian boxer George Chuvalo, a five-time national heavyweight champion, has died at the age of 89.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
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
In the final days before the Poughkeepsie Regatta, another big sports story dominated the headlines on sports pages and sometimes on front pages around the country—the story of a heavyweight boxing match.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Flyweights and heavyweights have similar footing, and the funds must be rebalanced quarterly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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
The heavyweights pushed and butted each other clumsily.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
