heavyweight

1. One of above average weight.
2. 1. The heaviest weight division in professional boxing, having no upper limit, with contestants usually weighing more than 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms).
   2. A boxer competing in this weight division.
   3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
   4. A contestant in this weight division.
3. Informal. A person of great importance or influence.

noun

An important, influential person: character, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion, nabob, notability, notable, personage. Informal big-timer, somebody, someone, VIP. Slang big shot, big wheel, bigwig, muckamuck. See important/unimportant.

adjective

1. Having a relatively great weight: heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, weighty. See heavy/light.
2. Being among the leaders in one's field: blue-chip, major, major-league. Informal big-league, bigtime. See important/unimportant.

[common] High-overhead; baroque; code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Esp. used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory utilization, and startup time. EMACS is a heavyweight editor; X is an extremely heavyweight window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's elephantine and a third's monstrosity. Oppose lightweight. Usage: now borders on techspeak, especially in the compound heavyweight process.

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This article is about the boxing weight class. For other uses, see Heavyweight (disambiguation).

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds (14 st 4 lb/91 kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization,^[1] the World Boxing Association,^[2] the World Boxing Council,^[3] and the World Boxing Organization.^[4]

Because this division has no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less (although others weighed 200 pounds and more). In 1920, the minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7 lb, 79 kg), which today is the light heavyweight division maximum. Today, for most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight is 200 pounds. Thus, a fighter whose weight is over 200 lb may not fight as anything but a heavyweight.

It is impossible to say who the first heavyweight champion was, since the sport of boxing goes back as far as recorded history and there have always been large fighters. Even in the bare-knuckle era, "champions" were plentiful. Some of the most notable of these included the slave Tom Molineaux, Tom Cribb, Jack Slack, Jem Belcher, Ben Caunt and Jem Mace. The first heavyweight champion under the Marquess of Queensberry rules was John L. Sullivan, known as "The Boston Strong Boy." He weighed around 200 pounds when in shape and was a bare-knuckle champion. He was defeated by Jim Corbett on September 7, 1892, in 21 rounds.

It should also be noted that in recent years, the heavyweight title has become fractured amongst various sanctioning organizations, and so what was once known as the single "Heavyweight Champion," is now referred to as the "Undisputed Champion" as the one fighter that has defeated all the other titlists.

Professional champions

• List of heavyweight boxing champions

See also

• Boxing
• Boxing weight classes
• List of current world boxing champions

References

1. ^ "4. Weight Classes". IBO Championship Rules & Regulations. International Boxing Organization. http://www.iboboxing.com/ibo_championship_rules_and_regulations.html. Retrieved 2007-08-11. "Heavyweight Over 200 lbs." 
2. ^ "11. Weight Category". World Bpxing Association World Championships Regulations. World Boxing Association. http://www.wbaonline.com/legal/LegalStatements/worldchampionships.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-11. "Heavy More than 200 Lbs." 
3. ^ "Ratings Heavyweight (over 200-90.719)". World Boxing Council. http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=94&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC. Retrieved 2007-08-11. 
4. ^ "3. Weight Classes" (pdf). Regulations of World Championship Contests. World Boxing Organization. http://www.wbo-int.com/revised/WBORulesReg04APR07.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-11. "Heavyweight Over 200lbs or 90.91 kg." 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sværvægt
adj. - sværvægts-

Nederlands (Dutch)
kopstuk, zwaar persoon, dikkerd, zwaargewicht

Français (French)
n. - personne obèse, (Sport) poids lourd, (fig) grand ponte (fam), personne influente
adj. - (Sport) (catégorie) des poids lourds, sérieux, (Tex) lourd

Deutsch (German)
n. - Größe, Schwergewicht
adj. - Schwergewichts...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυγμάχος βαρέων βαρών

Italiano (Italian)
pezzo grosso, peso massimo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peso-pesado (m) (Desp.)

Русский (Russian)
борец тяжелого веса, тяжелый грузовик, видный политический деятель

Español (Spanish)
n. - persona importante, pez gordo, peso pesado
adj. - de peso pesado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tungvikt (sport), tungviktare (äv. bildl.), expert (krim.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重量级拳击手, 聪明绝顶的人, 要人, 重的, 重量级的, 特别厚重的, 要人的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 重量級拳擊手, 聰明絕頂的人, 要人
adj. - 重的, 重量級的, 特別厚重的, 要人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 평균 몸무게 이상의 사람, 헤비급 선수
adj. - 헤비급의, 체중이 무거운

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 平均の重さ以上の人, 重鎮, 有力者, ヘビー級の選手

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص بدين, ملاكم من الوزن الثقيل يزن ما لا يقل عن 175 باوند‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקל כבד, משקל של 18 ק"ג ומעלה באיגרוף, מתאגרף במשקל כבד‬
adj. - ‮כבד משקל, שמשקלו מעל לממוצע, בעל השפעה רבה או חשוב‬

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