minimumweight en · NOUN
Etymology
From minimum + weight.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The lowest weight class in professional boxing, where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (48 kg).
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.
2008 March 2, “Niida Wins in Title Defense”, in The New York Times, sourced from The Associated Press, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
Synonyms
Translations (3)
hu minilégsúly (the lowest weight class in professional boxing) · hu szalmasúly (the lowest weight class in professional boxing) · hu minimumsúly (the lowest weight class in professional boxing)