light flyweightn.adj.
/ˌlʌɪt ˈflʌɪweɪt/, U.S. /ˌlaɪt ˈflaɪˌweɪt/ Boxing.
A. n.
A boxer who competes in a weight class falling below flyweight. Also: this weight class.
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welter1804
lightweight1817
middleweight1847
heavyweight1857
light middleweight1885
light-heavyweight1887
featherweight1889
light-heavy1892
light welterweight1892
welter weight1896
light welter1904
super heavyweight1907
middle1908
fly-weight1911
heavy1913
superheavy1917
cruiser-weight1920
light flyweight1922
cruiser1928
mini-flyweight1971
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > weight > weight division
lightweight1817
bantam weight1884
light middleweight1885
featherweight1889
light-heavyweight1891
light-heavy1895
fly-weight1911
cruiser-weight1920
light flyweight1922
1922 Our Navy (U.S.) Apr. 24/1 Garlitos is a light-flyweight.
1938 Times of India 8 Aug. 11/3 Results. Light Flyweight:—G. I. Marcel (Burma) beat S. Alch Roy (Bengal) on points.
1968 Times 13 Sept. (Royal ed.) 14/8 The youngest boxer is Viktor Zaporozhets, 21, light-flyweight, who has had 82 bouts and won 74 of them.
2016 Irish Voice (N.Y.) 24 Aug. 23 He has struggled to make light flyweight for two years now.
B. adj. (in attributive use).
Of or relating to the weight class light flyweight (see sense A.); designating a boxer in this class.
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1941 Manch. Guardian 18 Feb. (City ed.) 6/1 He won the light flyweight boxing championship of his country.
1970 Daily Mail 17 July 16/6 Michael Abrams, England's..hope for the light flyweight boxing gold medal.
1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 28 Apr. 18/2 Thailand's Sama Sorjaturong retained his World Boxing Council light flyweight title.
2014 G. Aguilera Mexican Amer. Boxing in Los Angeles 93 Olivo was crowned the first American-born light flyweight champion of the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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