Example sentences for: heavyweight

How can you use “heavyweight” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Boxing officials ordered a rematch of the March 13 heavyweight championship fight between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis . Fans and sports writers are in an uproar because the judges called the fight a draw--despite a huge disparity of punches in Lewis' favor and the widespread perception of spectators that Lewis won.

  • Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield to become the world heavyweight boxing champion.

  • Although this is a picayunish point, consider that wrestlers are also divided up, according to the author, into lightweight, featherweight, welterweight, middleweight , and heavyweight , as are boxers.

  • Royce Gracie, a 180-pound Brazilian jujitsu specialist, was matched against a 275-pound beast named Dan Severn, one of the top heavyweight wrestlers in the world and a national champion many times over.

  • It's a single, 20 minute tracking shot that holds on Atlantic City Detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) as he bounds around the arena that's the site of a heavyweight championship fight.


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