This is an accepted version of this page Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s.
In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867.
The limit for middleweight generally differs among promotions in bare-knuckle boxing: The World Lethwei Championship recognizes the middleweight division with an upper limit of 75 kg (165 lb).
Anderson Silva is considered to be the greatest Middleweight MMA fighter of all time.