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UK
/fˈɛðəwˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈfɛðɝˌweɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛðɝˌweɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
- weighs 126-139 pounds
How To Use featherweight In A Sentence
- I wouldn't go to featherweight for a no-mark. The Sun
- Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
- He won the WBC super-featherweight title in 1998, and with an abundance of natural talent was reckoned a far better fighter than Hamed.
- Sure, there's plenty to be said about Picasso and Ingres but a featherweight intellect like him can barely lift his prose above the absurd.
- I moved up from flyweight to featherweight, and, by 1960, had won the British title.
- Darlington featherweight Jacob Smith signed a pro contract yesterday.
- So the Europeans tend to dominate the categories other than flyweight, featherweight and bantamweight.
- My Featherweight Deluxe had eye-popping wood, flawless checkering, a fine trigger, excellent fit and finish, and superior accuracy. The Model 70 Reborn
- The British former world featherweight champion moulded his flamboyant style on Ali. The Sun
- Since then six more weight divisions have been added to include the mini-flyweight and jr. flyweight, jr. bantamweight and jr. featherweight, super-middleweight and cruiserweight divisions. PhilBoxing.com - XML News RSS/RDF Feed
