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bantamweight
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bantamweight, n.
1 a weight in certain sports intermediate between flyweight and featherweight, in the amateur boxing scale 51-4 kg but differing for professional boxers, wrestlers, and weightlifters.
2 a sportsman of this weight.
1 a weight in certain sports intermediate between flyweight and featherweight, in the amateur boxing scale 51-4 kg but differing for professional boxers, wrestlers, and weightlifters.
2 a sportsman of this weight.
THESAURUS
bantamweight
Chinese boxer, black belt, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, catchweight, featherweight, fighter, fisticuffer, flyweight, heavyweight, karate expert, light heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight, palooka, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, savate expert, sparrer, underweight, welterweightFor further exploring for "bantamweight" in Webster Dictionary Online