featherweights in English
noun
1
a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight. It ranges from 118 to 126 pounds (54 to 57 kg).
Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight , lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
Use "featherweights" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "featherweights" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "featherweights", or refer to the context using the word "featherweights" in the English Dictionary.
1. Bantamweights: as in heavyweights, featherweights.
2. World Champions Super Bantamweights Featherweights Lightweights Welterweights Middleweights Light Heavyweights Heavyweights
3. ‘The provisional squad has light-flyweight Gabriel Kabwe, Bantamweight Lovemore Tembo and featherweights Otis Bwalya, Jonathan Mwila, Victor Kaonga, Tendai Shumba and Abias Silupumbwe.’ ‘But Ncita laughed off the Tanzanian's assertion saying his charge was the best fighter from the junior Bantamweight to the junior featherweight divisions.’