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Heavyweight out with some of the boys? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tyson

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'of the boys?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'heavyweight out with some' is the wordplay.
'heavyweight' becomes 'ton' (a ton weighs a lot).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'with some' becomes 'ys' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ton' going around 'ys' is 'TYSON'.

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(Other definitions for tyson that I've seen before include "Mike ..., former US prizefighter" , "26 4 [RING MASTER]" , "Undisputed world heavyweight champion, 1987" , "Youngest ever undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, b, 1966" , "American world heavyweight champion, b. 1966" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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