light flyweight
- noun
- /laɪt ˈflaɪˌweɪt/
- Specialized
:
peso mosca ligero
- Gonzales represented the U.S. in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won a gold medal as a light flyweight.
Examples
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Brian Viloria, who won a championship title, competes as a light flyweight and is known for his quick movements.
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Roman Gonzalez bested Juan Francisco Estrada in a surefire fight of the year candidate over 12 rounds to retain his WBA World light flyweight title.
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Roman Gonzalez bested Juan Francisco Estrada in a surefire fight of the year candidate over 12 rounds to retain his WBA World light flyweight title.
How Heavy
- Specialized
3
6.1
- Specialized
4
7.8
- Specialized
3
6.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositional: 'light' (less heavy) modifies 'flyweight' (a boxing weight class), so a learner who knows both constituents will infer this denotes a lighter/subdivision of the flyweight category. The precise numeric limit (106 lbs) cannot be derived from the words, but the modifier+weight-class pattern is common in English and other languages, making the overall sense transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Light flyweight comes from boxing weight classes. The word flyweight used fly to show very small size, and adding light made the class even lighter, so today a light flyweight is a boxer who must weigh no more than 106 pounds.