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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds
2: a wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds
3: a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds [syn: light heavyweight, cruiserweight]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1903 a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 175 pounds for professionals and 178 pounds for amateurs — compare heavyweight, middleweight

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(light heavyweights) A light heavyweight is a professional boxer who weighs between 160 and 175 pounds, or an amateur boxer who weighs between 165 and 179 pounds. = cruiserweight N-COUNT





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