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featherweight

featherweight

3 6.1
A weight class for fighters who weigh about 126 pounds
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛðərˌweɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : categoría de peso pluma
  • After winning the title, he celebrated his victory as the new featherweight champion.
  • featherweight title
  • featherweight division
  • WBC featherweight

Conor McGregor won the featherweight title twice because he won the interim because Aldo was injured.

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Examples

  • The featherweight division includes fighters who weigh between 126 and 135 pounds.

  • I always said that the featherweight division of women was not deep enough to be created.

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  • Featherweight champion of the world.

  • Elkins moved to 4-0 at featherweight with the win.

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  • With the featherweight championship still relatively new to the UFC, some fighters think it might be their turn to shine.

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  • Conor McGregor won the featherweight title twice because he won the interim because Aldo was injured.

  • Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You have been a very pleasant surprise in the UFC featherweight division, off to a quick 3-0 start thus far.

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  • We begin in the featherweight division with Steven Siler (21-9) squaring off against Darren Elkins (14-2).

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  • In the opening bout of the evening, Darren Elkins put a wrestling clinic on Steven Siler as both featherweights showcased their toughness and endurance.

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  • She trained hard to become a champion in the featherweight class of MMA.

Antonyms

118 2.8

A boxer or wrestler who competes with the biggest fighters in a sport

Compounds

junior featherweight
  • Specialized
7.3

A boxing weight class for fighters who weigh up to 122 pounds

How Heavy

heavyweight
118 2.8
middleweight
24 4.6
welterweight
  • Specialized
19 5.9
lightweight
  • Specialized
5 3.5
featherweight
  • Specialized
3 6.1
bantamweight
  • Specialized
4 7.8
flyweight
  • Specialized
3 6.8

Surface Forms

featherweight singular

Morphology

featherweight = feather + weight (semi-transparent) = feather + weight

The compound components are clear, but its use as the conventional label for a sport division requires knowledge of sporting terminology rather than simple compositional reasoning.

Etymology

Featherweight names a weight division in boxing and similar sports. It comes from feather ('light, from a bird') and weight ('how heavy someone is'), so the featherweight division is for fighters who are lighter than the typical boxers.