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Power boxing oddly wielded for boxer (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

middleweight

'boxer' is the definition.
(middleweight is a kind of boxer)

'power boxing oddly wielded' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'might' ('might' can be a synonym of 'power'**).
'boxing' indicates putting letters inside ('box' can mean contain, as in to put in a box).
'oddly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'wielded' is an anagram of 'iddlewe'.
'might' enclosing 'iddlewe' is 'MIDDLEWEIGHT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for middleweight that I've seen before include "Boxing category" , "Boxer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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