"pound-for-pound" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=pound-for-pound}} pound-for-pound (not comparable)
  1. (sports, boxing) A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Boxing, Sports
    Sense id: en-pound-for-pound-en-adv-V91fXq-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 59 41 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  2. Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pound-for-pound-en-adv-8YwYSNHT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: like-for-like

Alternative forms

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