junior lightweight

American

noun

a boxer weighing up to 130 pounds (58.5 kilograms), between featherweight and lightweight.

junior lightweight British

noun

1. a professional boxer weighing 126–130 pounds (57–59 kg)
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a junior-lightweight bout

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Example Sentences

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The 34-year-old is a former champion in three separate weight classes – featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight.

From Fox News • Mar. 22, 2022

Posthumous inductees announced Tuesday include junior lightweight champion Tod Morgan in the Old Timer category and ring announcer Chuck Hull in the Non-Participant category.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

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

Jonathan Oquendo for Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title in Las Vegas on July 2 postponed to July 14 postponed.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2020

Although the country has six current world champions, only one — junior lightweight Emanuel Lopez — is bigger than Santa Cruz, who fights at 122 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2015

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