Definition of featherweight
1 : one that is very light in weight; especially : a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 126 pounds for professionals and 125 pounds for amateurs — compare bantamweight, lightweight
2 : lightweight 2
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Smith, a 27-year-old from Shirley, N.Y., with a 23-1 record, will earn about $150,000 for the fight, the opener of a three-bout HBO card headlined by the super featherweights Miguel Berchelt and Takashi Miura.
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Pettis then moved to featherweight but lost to Max Holloway there and now moves back to 155 pounds.
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According to records kept by Sherdog.com, Rajman had a 2-2 record as a 145-pound featherweight, with his last bout a TKO loss to James Warring in May 2016.
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The 22-year-old featherweight won the Golden Gloves title in 2013 and has started his pro career with an 11-0 record and five knockouts.
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If so, the electron neutrino alone—the kind emitted by beta decay—is likely to be too much of a featherweight for KATRIN.
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Junior-featherweight Jessy Cruz, a Cutler Bay resident, will face Angel Monrreal in the show’s main event.
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De Randamie, the inaugural featherweight queen, found out she was stripped of her title the same way everyone else did: social media.
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Mayweather has fought at both 147 and 154 in recent years, while McGregor has won UFC titles at featherweight (145), lightweight (154) and split a pair of fights with Nate Diaz at 170.
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First Known Use of featherweight
1812
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: someone or something that weighs very little; especially : a boxer who weighs more than 118 pounds (53.5 kilograms) but less than 126 pounds (57 kilograms)
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