featherweight
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The bout was scheduled for five rounds in the featherweight division.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Case in point: the featherweight quilted Celestia jacket with a highly reflective shell that, according to the designer, “comes alive with motion.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
In the co-main event of the evening, Rhys Edwards and Gully Powar could not be separated in the British featherweight title fight - with a majority draw verdict coming down from the judges.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 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
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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