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
A former featherweight and light-middleweight champion, Harper considered retirement after losing to Sandy Ryan in March 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Murphy is ranked third in UFC's featherweight rankings and is likely to need a landmark win over a high-ranked opponent to put himself back in the title picture.
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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