heavyweight title

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heavyweight
noun
uk
/ˈhev.i.weɪt/us
/ˈhev.i.weɪt/
a boxer who is in the heaviest weight group, or this division of ...
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title
noun
uk
/ˈtaɪ.təl/us
/ˈtaɪ.t̬əl/
the name of a film, book, painting, piece of ...
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(Definition ofheavyweightandtitlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At this moment there is no undisputed worldheavyweighttitle.
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Within a year, he had held all four of its championship titles including the promotion'sheavyweighttitle.
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He was considered as a contender for theheavyweighttitle.
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Marciano is the only person to hold theheavyweighttitleand go untied and undefeated throughout his career.
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For the duration of his career he fought middleweights, challenged for the world lightheavyweighttitleand even fought heavyweights.
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He also was looking to extend his own world record of 23 straight successful defenses of the lightheavyweighttitle.
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The whiteheavyweighttitlebout sported a purse worth 9,000 pounds sterling (equivalent to approximately $ in today's funds).
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He broke the world's record for the oldest man to win the world'sheavyweighttitlewhen he earned it at the age of.
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The fight was over after 91 seconds, presently the sixth shortestheavyweighttitlefight in history.
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He is believed to be the only boxer to become a lawyer after fighting for the worldheavyweighttitle.
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But in newspapers at the time, they were advertised asheavyweighttitlefights.
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He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a light middleweight (154 lbs) and go on to win aheavyweighttitle.
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It was the third-fastest knockout in a worldheavyweighttitlefight and the first time the champion had been knocked out in round one.
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He is a former worldheavyweighttitlechallenger.
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He won aheavyweighttitle(albeit a regional one) later.
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It is the only time to date that a fighter making his professional debut has challenged for the worldheavyweighttitle.
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Both fighters were looking to claim the title after recently losing their previousheavyweighttitlefight.
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In 1970, he turned professional, and in 1971 won a nationalheavyweighttitle, holding it until his retirement in 1981.
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Spinks won the worldheavyweighttitlein his professional eighth fight, the shortest time in its history.
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