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light flyweight

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noun

    1. an amateur boxer weighing not more than 48 kg (106 pounds)

    2. ( as modifier )

      a light-flyweight fight

  1. a wrestler in a similar weight category

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The oldest of eight children raised by a single mother in a Boyle Heights housing project, the 20-year-old light flyweight beat gang violence, poverty and a last-minute broken hand to take gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2018

Nico Hernandez, a light flyweight, took home bronze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2016

At 5-foot-7 unusually tall for a 108-pound boxer, Zapata, a southpaw, captured the WBC light flyweight title in 1980 in a 15-round decision against defending world champion Shigeo Nakajima.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

The light flyweight has also represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in India in 2010 and Scotland in 2014.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2014

Irish light flyweight Paddy Barnes easily advanced to to a quarterfinal bout with India's Devendro Laishram, who posted a sensational 16-11 upset of fourth-seeded Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia, the silver medalist in Beijing.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2012

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