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# Heavyweight

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In boxing, the term heavyweight is used for a specific group of people based on weight. A heavyweight is a boxer who weighs more than 190 lbs. Below 190 is cruiserweight and below that is light heavyweight category, 175-170lbs. Boxing organizations created many divisions so that fighters could fight people of the same size. Before the 1960s there were 8 divisions.

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