: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 112 pounds compare bantamweight
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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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“Flyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyweight. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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flyweight
noun
fly·weight
-ˌwāt 
: a boxer in a weight division having an upper limit of 112 pounds
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