minimumweight
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minimumweight (uncountable)
- (boxing) The lowest weight class in professional boxing, where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (48 kg).
- 2008 March 2, The Associated Press, “Niida Wins in Title Defense”, in New York Times[1]:
- The Japanese boxer Yutaka Niida stopped the challenger José Varela of Venezuela in the sixth round on in Tokyo to defend his W.B.A. minimumweight title.