heavyweight
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It’s been a rapid comedown for a heavyweight that basked in its return to the mountaintop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Market share and sales are down for the Dearborn, Michigan, heavyweight, and up for the South Korean group.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The sculpture first appeared in 1982’s “Rocky III,” when the character was world heavyweight champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It appears the all-British heavyweight contest - more than a decade in the making - remains on for 11 December at Cardiff's Principality Stadium following several days of uncertainty.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
He was a historian of boxing lore and could narrate all twenty-six rounds of Jack Johnson’s famous bout in Havana in 1915 when the first black heavyweight champion of the world lost his title.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He made headlines in September 2005 when he was named best hip-hop act at the Mobo awards - defeating US heavyweights such as 50 Cent and the Game.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Racking up defensive clean sheets while operating further forward than his listed position suggested, cheap as you like, and even doing it against league heavyweights Manchester City, where he scored twice for 17 points.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“It’s just such an honor to be considered amongst heavyweights like that. Dame Helen Mirren. Crikey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They also took investment from Silicon Valley heavyweights like Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Harris’s theory was duly endorsed by a slate of heavyweights.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
