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junior featherweight

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noun

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


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Emanuel Navarrete retained his World Boxing Organization junior featherweight title with an 11th-round TKO against Jeo Santisima.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2020

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

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2016

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