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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
flyweight
noun
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■ NOUN
champion
▪ In Jimmy Wilde, the world flyweight champion from 1916, Britain produced one of the very greatest boxers of all time.
▪ Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion from 1935 to 1938, was their folk-hero.
title
▪ His championship-winning days began in 1983 and he lost the flyweight title two years ago, since when he has remained unbeaten.
▪ Next stop, hopefully, the light flyweight title held by Dickie Camacho.
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▪ Boxing: Gold medals are awarded in light flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight.
▪ For instance, judo flyweight Karen Briggs grappling on with a dislocated shoulder shoved back in its socket.
▪ He did not relish training, though the flyweight limit was eight stones.
▪ His championship-winning days began in 1983 and he lost the flyweight title two years ago, since when he has remained unbeaten.
▪ In Jimmy Wilde, the world flyweight champion from 1916, Britain produced one of the very greatest boxers of all time.
▪ The Gorbals produced flyweight boxers and hard drinkers in profusion in the 1930s, and Lynch died there 6 August 1946.
▪ Yuri Arbachakov, a talented but untested flyweight.
Wiktionary
flyweight

n. 1 (context mechanics English) a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force. 2 (context sports English) a weight division of professional boxing between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight; a boxer in this division 3 (context sports English) a similar division and contestant in wrestling 4 (context figuratively English) small, light or unimportant

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flyweight

  1. n. weighs no more than 115 pounds

  2. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds

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Flyweight

Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.

Flyweight (MMA)

The flyweight division in mixed martial arts – as defined the Nevada State Athletic Commission combat sports doctrine and by the Association of Boxing Commissions – groups together all competitors 125 lb (57 kg) and below.

The flyweight division in mixed martial arts refers to a number of different weight classes:

  • The UFC's flyweight division with an upper limit of 125 lb
  • The Pancrase light flyweight division with an upper limit of 120 lb
  • The Shooto flyweight division with an upper limit of 115 lb
  • The ONE Championship's flyweight limits between 126 and 135 lb (56.8 to 61.2 kg)
Flyweight (disambiguation)

Flyweight may mean:

  • Flyweight pattern, a software design pattern in computer science;
  • Flyweight, a class in boxing;
  • Flyweight (MMA), a class in mixed martial arts.
  • Fly weight, a weight connected to a spinning axle, as most frequently found in flywheels. However, a fly weight may also be used in other applications, such as for sensing rotation speed in centrifugal governors.
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Currently being questioned under hotel guard are Reuben Ruiz, bantamweight contender and regular attraction at the Olympic Auditorium, and Sanderline Johnson, former ranked flyweight working as a croupier at a Gardena poker establishment.