light flyweight
Britishnoun
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an amateur boxer weighing not more than 48 kg (106 pounds)
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( as modifier )
a light-flyweight fight
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a wrestler in a similar weight category
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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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