Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxers who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations. Joe Louis has won the most world heavyweight title bouts, with 27. Mike Tyson holds the record for being the youngest heavyweight to ever have achieve championship status, becoming champion at the age of 20.
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Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxers who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations. Joe Louis has won the most world heavyweight title bouts, with 27. Mike Tyson holds the record for being the youngest heavyweight to ever have achieve championship status, becoming champion at the age of 20. Wladimir Klitschko holds record for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion.
The heavyweight division in MMA generally groups fighters between 205 and 265 lb. Heavyweight is also the title of a documentary film that documented the fight camp of Fabricio Werdum when he became the UFC Heavyweight Champion. The word ‘heavyweight’ is sometimes used in other fields to denote a person who is especially powerful or influential.
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