super heavyweightn.adj.
/ˌsuːpəˈhɛvɪweɪt/, /ˌsjuːpəˈhɛvɪweɪt/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈhɛviˌweɪt/ Sport (originally Boxing).
A. n.
A competitor weighing significantly more than a typical heavyweight. In later use spec.: the highest weight class in amateur boxing and some other sports, having no upper limit; a competitor of this weight, or a contest or match involving this weight. Also (and in earliest use) figurative.The minimum weight of the super heavyweight division in amateur boxing is 91 kg (approx. 200 lb), equivalent to the heavyweight division in professional boxing.
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welter1804
lightweight1817
middleweight1847
heavyweight1857
light middleweight1885
light-heavyweight1887
featherweight1889
light-heavy1892
light welterweight1892
welter weight1896
light welter1904
super heavyweight1907
middle1908
fly-weight1911
heavy1913
superheavy1917
cruiser-weight1920
light flyweight1922
cruiser1928
mini-flyweight1971
1907 Puck (N.Y.) 22 May Mr. Sullivan is a heavyweight, and he admires men in his class, like Mr. Roosevelt, or Mr. Taft, who is really a super-heavyweight.
1954 Bull. Atomic Scientists Apr. 143/2 Element 100..is a ‘super heavyweight’, 254 times as massive as a hydrogen atom.
1974 Guardian 11 Nov. 17/6 Croydon's Andy Kerr, lifting unopposed in the super heavyweights, provided Britain's most memorable performance.
1996 Jet 22 July 58/1 Henry will compete as a super heavyweight and Barnett in the heavyweight division.
2008 J. Ritschel Kickboxing Handbk. ii. 16/1 The introduction of weight divisions ranging from flyweight to super heavyweight.
B. adj.
That is a super heavyweight; of or relating to super heavyweights. Also figurative.
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1917 Boston Daily Globe 29 Jan. 2/4 Jess Willard, whom nobody seems anxious to displace from his eminence as champion of the heavyweight or superheavyweight pugilists.
1930 Southwest Times (Pulaski, Va.) 13 Feb. 6/7 Thus, unofficially, we have a super-heavyweight division of three or four men.
1976 New Scientist 16 Mar. 583/2 Further chemical studies of volatile-rich meteorites will be needed to eliminate some of these from the cosmic super-heavyweight league.
2010 A. Shapiro Chasing Crown 131 It was there that he stopped Riddick Bowe in two rounds to win the super heavyweight gold medal.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1907