Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Middleweight has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports