boxer vs light heavyweight

light heavyweight vs boxer

boxer and light heavyweight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boxer	Yes	No	No	No
light heavyweight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, light heavyweight is a hyponym of boxer; that is, light heavyweight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boxer:

boxer: someone who fights with his fists for sport
light heavyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds

Other hyponyms of boxer include bantamweight, slogger, slugger, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, junior featherweight, junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior welterweight, light flyweight, light middleweight, lightweight, light welterweight, middleweight, gladiator, prizefighter, puncher, sparring mate, sparring partner, palooka, stumblebum, super heavyweight, welterweight.

boxer (noun)	light heavyweight (noun)
a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany	A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the heavyweight division.
someone who fights with his fists for sport	A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the super heavyweight division.
a workman employed to pack things into containers	a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
	a wrestler who weighs 192-214 pounds
	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds

Difference between boxer and light heavyweight

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