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Recent Examples of flyweight
Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
However, in June 2024, Johnson dropped down to flyweight to face hard-charging contender Asu Almabayev.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Yankiel Rivera is a dynamic flyweight on the rise.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
However, in June 2024, Johnson dropped down to flyweight to face hard-charging contender Asu Almabayev.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Yankiel Rivera is a dynamic flyweight on the rise.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyweight
Noun
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The two middleweights face off in Newark on the pay-per-view portion of the UFC 316 fight card.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Cody Garbrandt was aggressive in the opening moments of his bantamweight bout against Raoni Barcelos.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Kayla Harrison is fighting for the UFC women’s bantamweight championship Saturday night at UFC 316.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2025
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Despite his fan-friendly style and resilience, Matthews became another example of how tough the UFC featherweight division can be on newcomers.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The Switch 2 is a featherweight by comparison, weighing 0.88 pound (1.18 pounds with the controllers attached) and standing 4.5 inches tall, 10.7 inches wide, and 0.55 inch thick.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Gastelum dropped to welterweight for his next UFC fight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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So the Harris image as a lightweight, promoted in part by her cackling responses in some interviews, can be misleading and other candidates for governor would be wise not to underestimate her.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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Stay cool with clothing: Wear lightweight, loose-fitting clothing to stay comfortable.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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“Flyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyweight. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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