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Tonight’s Professional Fighters League fight card features the semifinal round for the light heavyweight and lightweight divisions.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Without an Olympic medal or even an actual Olympic fight record on his resume, King, who had been joined on the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team by two alternates from Detroit — featherweight Jimmy Urso and light heavyweight Willis Johnson — forged ahead as a professional fighter.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
Laila retired from the sport in 2007 as an undefeated super middleweight and light heavyweight champion.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Instead, viewers are tuning in for what ultimately might be a much better contest between light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and former champ Jiří Procházka.
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 29 June 2024
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Without an Olympic medal or even an actual Olympic fight record on his resume, King, who had been joined on the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team by two alternates from Detroit — featherweight Jimmy Urso and light heavyweight Willis Johnson — forged ahead as a professional fighter.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
Laila retired from the sport in 2007 as an undefeated super middleweight and light heavyweight champion.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Instead, viewers are tuning in for what ultimately might be a much better contest between light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and former champ Jiří Procházka.
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 29 June 2024
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“Light heavyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20heavyweight. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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