featherweight
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Much of the buzz has centered on the featherweight, carbon-fiber plated Adidas running shoes both Sawe and Kejelcha wore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Movsar Evloev put a huge dent in Lerone Murphy's featherweight title dream as the Russian secured a majority decision victory at UFC London.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
The 30-year-old won featherweight gold for Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Olympics in Paris but, alongside Algeria's welterweight champion Imane Khelif, became embroiled in an eligibility row.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
A former featherweight champion, he earned the lightweight belt last year by knocking out Brazil's Charles Oliveira before temporarily stepping away from the sport for personal reasons.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
What Cavendish was trying to do was measure gravity at this extremely featherweight level.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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