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Recent Examples of bantamweight
Over his career, Inoue won and defended the WBO junior bantamweight title seven times before moving to bantamweight for nine bouts.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Naoya Inoue, who is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters and 30-0, is defending his super bantamweight title on Sunday in Japan, just hours after Álvarez and Crawford fight.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
In the co-main event in Shanghai, former bantamweight title holder Sterling defeated Ortega by unanimous decision over five rounds.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
John Ramírez defeated Josué Jesús Morales at bantamweight by unanimous decision: 79-73, 80-72, 80-72.
—Jad El Reda, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Naoya Inoue, who is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters and 30-0, is defending his super bantamweight title on Sunday in Japan, just hours after Álvarez and Crawford fight.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
In the co-main event in Shanghai, former bantamweight title holder Sterling defeated Ortega by unanimous decision over five rounds.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
John Ramírez defeated Josué Jesús Morales at bantamweight by unanimous decision: 79-73, 80-72, 80-72.
—Jad El Reda, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bantamweight
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But perhaps the biggest news is the addition of a brand-new naked middleweight called the 675NK.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
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Crawford’s last fight was as a light middleweight, meaning the American will be stepping up two weight classes to fight the Mexican.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The eventual world super welterweight champ and Boxing Hall of Famer’s toughest fights would come outside the ring, however, over family, identity, and a relationship with Jim that turns dangerous and life-threatening.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Nicknamed ‘the Hitman,’ Hatton won the WBA,IBO and IBF light-welterweight titles and the WBA welterweight world championship during his 15-year professional career before retiring in 2012.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Sep. 2025
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The two flyweights went to war in an effort to capture this season’s Ultimate Fighter crown.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Park previously had a fight scheduled on Aug. 9 against ex-world title challenger and No. 10 flyweight Steve Erceg.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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In July 2023, Inoue moved up to junior featherweight, claiming the WBC and WBO belts in his first fight in his new weight division.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ortega was scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling in a 145-pound featherweight bout at UFC Shanghai, but it was moved to a catchweight of 153 pounds after both fighters missed weight.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Why the disparity in box office results between the social media heavyweights?—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rountree shared his thoughts on how Pereira would perform as a heavyweight.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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Standouts include the brand’s Pro-Collagen Marine Oil, a lightweight antiaging facial serum that plumps skin and reduces fine lines, plus the Cleansing Balm, a Glamour-editor favorite that gently removes makeup, dirt, and oil.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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Replacing gel with teased roots, her lightweight, yet voluminous style conjured up Houston’s texture, like at her Madison Square Garden performance circa 1988.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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The only stipulation was that the meeting was to take place at light heavyweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Rome Olympics.—
Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The matchup marks a major escalation in competition for Paul (12-1, seven KOs), who turned professional in 2020 and entered the WBA’s cruiserweight rankings at No. 14 in July.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Hopefully, this is the last big-money distraction from what should be Paul’s proving ground as a cruiserweight, light heavyweight or even heavyweight pro.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Bantamweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bantamweight. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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