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Adverb
pound-for-pound (not comparable)
- (sports, boxing) A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in.
Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer ever.
2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport:Oakland native Ward is now unbeaten in 25 fights and can now claim to be one of the top few pound-for-pound fighters on the planet after a technically dazzling display.
- Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight.
A tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound-for-pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 (as the former costs $1.00 per 100 g and the latter $0.80 per 100 g).
My gal is pound for pound sweeter than chocolate.
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