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- adjective boxing In a weight class other than
heavyweight
Etymologies
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Examples
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His victory over Shane Mosley this May was the second-highest-rated nonheavyweight pay-per-view bout in history, selling 1.4 million views with $78 million in revenue.
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Three years later Main Events promoted the first bout between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, which set a record of $40 million for the largest gross for a nonheavyweight bout.
Becoming Holyfield Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld 2008
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Three years later Main Events promoted the first bout between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, which set a record of $40 million for the largest gross for a nonheavyweight bout.
Becoming Holyfield Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld 2008
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Three years later Main Events promoted the first bout between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, which set a record of $40 million for the largest gross for a nonheavyweight bout.
Becoming Holyfield Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld 2008
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A victory would set up Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao, a fight which would be the most anticipated nonheavyweight match in decades.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local <B>By Gene Wang</B><br><I> The Washington Post</I> 2010
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Tito / DLH should have been the biggest nonheavyweight draw and it wasn't.
East Side Boxing 2009
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The fight, which generated $70 million in PPV revenue, is only the fourth nonheavyweight event to reach 1 million buys-all four featuring De la Hoya.
Home 2009
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Mayweather's fight against De La Hoya registered 2.4 million buys, the most of any nonheavyweight fight.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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