junior lightweight
Americannoun
noun
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The Newark, New Jersey, native won the WBO featherweight title in 2019 and the WBO junior lightweight championship in 2021.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Garcia pulled out of a scheduled fight against former junior lightweight champion Javier Fortuna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
The 34-year-old is a former champion in three separate weight classes – featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight.
From Fox News ● Mar. 22, 2022
That bout happened so long ago, Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson were still competing, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a junior lightweight nicknamed Pretty Boy rather than Money.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
Roger Gutierrez for Alvarado’s WBA ‘regular’ junior lightweight title in Indio, California on April 25 postponed.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2020
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