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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junior lightweight

Garcia pulled out of a scheduled fight against former junior lightweight champion Javier Fortuna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022

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

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