junior bantamweight

noun

1. a boxer weighing up to 115 pounds (51.7 kilograms), between flyweight and bantamweight.

Example Sentences

Israel Gonzalez for Moloney’s WBA ‘regular’ junior bantamweight title in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 17 canceled.

From Washington Times

Armory and the then-MCI Center, including winning the vacant International Boxing Federation World Junior Bantamweight Championship in 1999.

From Washington Times

“I found out with a phone call from my ex-wife, his mother,” said the elder Johnson, a 47-year-old District native and the former flyweight and junior bantamweight champion of the world.

From Washington Times

Israel Gonzalez for Moloney’s WBA ‘regular’ junior bantamweight title in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 17 postponed.

From Washington Times

Juan Francisco Estrada is the clear champion at junior bantamweight, while Naoya Inoue is the No 1 man at bantamweight, and yet they are just about the same size.

From The Guardian