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featherweight

[feth-er-wayt] / ˈfɛð ərˌweɪt /










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World championship fights on the undercard will include featherweight champion Tiara Brown defending against former undisputed champion Ellie Scotney, and super bantamweight champion Skye Nicolson against three-time, two-division champion Miyo Yoshida.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

While former undisputed super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney has moved up to featherweight and is targeting Serrano, the reigning champion remains focused on her exit strategy.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Topuria won the UFC featherweight championship by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski in February 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Take Katz’s T.50: It combines a race-car-like V-12 engine with a featherweight body and can go from 0 to 60 mph in a tick under three seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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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