superfeatherweight

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Etymology

From super- +‎ feather +‎ weight.

Noun

superfeatherweight (uncountable)

  1. A weight division in professional boxing, contested between 126 pounds (57 kg) and 130 pounds (59 kg).
    • 1982, Cashmore, Ernest, Black sportsmen‎, page 30:
      Cornelius Boza-Edwards, a Ugandan who moved to London in 1974, won the world superfeatherweight title in 1981.
    • 1997, Thomas Hauser, Muhammad Ali & company‎, page 209:
      Azumah Nelson for the WBC superfeatherweight title, a knowing observer predicted, “If it’s close, they’ll give the decision to Nelson.” It wasn’t close.
    • 2003, Vann, Mickey, 1943-, Give me a ring : the autobiography of star referee Mickey Vann‎, page 137:
      On one night in Mexico City 132,274 of them turned out to watch him, surpassing the record 120,000 crowd who had crammed in to see Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1927. Chavez held world titles at lightweight, superlightweight and superfeatherweight.

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