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junior featherweight

American  

noun

  1. a boxer weighing up to 122 pounds (54.9 kilograms), between bantamweight and featherweight.

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Fenech won world titles in the bantamweight, junior featherweight and featherweight divisions.

From Seattle Times

The Ring magazine now ranks him the No. 1 junior featherweight in the world.

From New York Times

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