junior lightweight
Americannoun
noun
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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
Shakur Stevenson stepped up in weight class and jabbed his way to a second world title early Sunday, beating Jamel Herring by technical knockout in the 10th round of their junior lightweight championship fight.
From Fox News ● Oct. 24, 2021
Stephen Blea was one of three judges ringside Friday night in Tucson as hometown hero Oscar Valdez took on Robson Conceicao in a junior lightweight title bout.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 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
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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