pound-for-pound

  1. Adjective.  (sports, boxing) A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in.
  2. Adjective.  Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight.

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