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junior flyweight

American  

noun

  1. a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kilograms), between minimumweight and flyweight.


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She won a minimum weight title in 2021 and a junior flyweight title less than three months after that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

He made his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight in 1995, at the age of 16, fighting his way out of abject poverty to become one of the world’s highest-paid athletes.

From Fox News ● Sep. 29, 2021

He made his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight in 1995, at the age of 16, fighting his way out of abject poverty to become one of the world’s highest paid athletes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

DeeJay Kriel for Alvarado’s IBF junior flyweight title in Indio, California on April 25 postponed.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2020

The nickname conjures the image of a junior flyweight priest getting into the ring, collar and all.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2014

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