A weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight, typically for fighters weighing around 175-200 pounds.
Compound of 'cruiser' (from Dutch 'kruisen') referring to a type of fast warship, and 'weight' (Old English 'wiht'). The name suggests a 'fighter class' between lighter and heavier divisions.
The cruiserweight division wasn't standardized until 1979—before that, boxers jumped directly from light heavyweight to heavyweight, leaving a gap that a new weight class eventually filled.
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