bantamweight
noun
ban·tam·weight
ˈban-təm-ˌwāt 
: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 118 pounds for professionals and 119 pounds for amateurs compare featherweight, flyweight
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There has also been a theory that Shevchenko was involved in a love triangle between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm and MMA fighter Jon Jones.
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Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
That bout marked his first foray into the bantamweight ranks.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The 53-year-old is short—famously so—but bantamweight trim, sharp-suited but approachably tieless.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
Smith also makes for an appealing, if frustratingly bantamweight, hero.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The list of incredible sportsbooks is more crowded than the bantamweight division, so narrowing our list down wasn’t easy.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
The main event of that card sees UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley facing off against Marlon Vera.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Natalie, a martial artist of persuasion played by Erica Steinhagen, and her partner, the bantamweight chatterbox Joe (Karl Gregory), ring Redelmo’s doorbell and talk their way into his house.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Each time bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling raised the microphone to speak at Thursday’s UFC 292 press conference, boos rained down from the TD Garden crowd.
—Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
That bout marked his first foray into the bantamweight ranks.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The 53-year-old is short—famously so—but bantamweight trim, sharp-suited but approachably tieless.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
Smith also makes for an appealing, if frustratingly bantamweight, hero.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The list of incredible sportsbooks is more crowded than the bantamweight division, so narrowing our list down wasn’t easy.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
The main event of that card sees UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley facing off against Marlon Vera.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Natalie, a martial artist of persuasion played by Erica Steinhagen, and her partner, the bantamweight chatterbox Joe (Karl Gregory), ring Redelmo’s doorbell and talk their way into his house.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Each time bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling raised the microphone to speak at Thursday’s UFC 292 press conference, boos rained down from the TD Garden crowd.
—Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
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bantamweight
noun
ban·tam·weight
-ˌwāt
: a boxer in a weight division having an upper limit of about 118 pounds
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