The phrase "a bit of heavyweight" is not correct in standard English usage.
It may be intended to describe something or someone that has significant weight or influence, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "In the world of boxing, he is considered a bit of heavyweight, but he has yet to win a championship."
Alternatives: "somewhat influential" or "a little significant".
How 'bout that for a bit of heavyweight-champion talking?" He also defended his comments about fellow BBC Sports Person of the Year nominee, Jess Ennis-Hill, who he said "slaps up good" and "looks quite fit" in a dress on Sunday.
"It's this idea of Superman, a fictional character," says Abraham. "There's a bit of fantasy to this type of heavyweight, the one able to reverse ill-fortune with a single blow.
(In fact, Saturday's lineup included two purported heavyweight-championship fights, a bit of promotional overreach that elegantly exposed the absurdity of boxing's bloated championship system).
Down the road from Dean Gardens lives heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield, minus a bit of ear.
At speed, the Enertia handles well enough and even invites a bit of cornering adventure, but its turning radius — more like a heavyweight cruiser than a pothole-dodging city bike — was disappointing.
Frazier, 31, had absorbed a hurricane of hurt when destroyed by Foreman, had a bit of a gut, and his head, as Liebling wrote of the former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, retained its "unlimited absorptive capacity for percussion".
A bit of a character to entertain the delegates while the buckets go round; a bit of a heavyweight to introduce the leader.
Told that his friend, sparring partner, Olympic gold medallist and world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua thought he had won decisively, Joyce said: "It's a bit of consolation, but I'd prefer to be the Olympic champion".
Throwing down the gauntlet to the man chasing his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal, Ben Ainslie, heavyweight singlehander rival Giles Scott says adamantly: "There are no team orders, if there were there would be a bit of an uprising.
At the time, Clay, not averse to a bit of self-dramatization for publicity's sake, boasted that practicing his powerful hook and jab under water made him "the fastest heavyweight in the ring".
