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lightweight

 
(līt'wāt') pronunciation
n.
  1. One that weighs relatively little or less than average.
    1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 135 pounds (60.7 kilograms), between junior lightweight and junior welterweight.
    2. A boxer competing in this weight division.
    3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
    4. A contestant in this weight division.
  2. A person of little ability, intelligence, influence, or importance.
adj.
  1. Weighing relatively little; not heavy: lightweight clothing; a lightweight wood.
  2. Sports. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lightweight: the lightweight title.
  3. Having no significance or influence: a lightweight intellect.

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adjective

    Having little weight; not heavy: light2, weightless. Idioms: light as a feather. See heavy/light.

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adj

Definition: inconsequential
Antonyms: big, consequential, heavyweight, important, major, profound

Opposite of heavyweight; usually found in combining forms such as lightweight process.


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Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.

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Professional boxing

The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Alexis Argüello, Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Héctor Camacho, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Artur Grigorian, Joe Gans, Miguel Ángel González, Amir Khan, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Juan Manuel Márquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sugar Shane Mosley, Carlos Ortiz, Manny Pacquiao, Edwin Valero, Pernell Whitaker, and Ike Williams.

Professional Champions

Current champions

Sanctioning Body Reign Began Champion Record Defenses
WBA December 16, 2011 Cuba Richard Abril 17-2-1 (8 KO) 0
WBC October 15, 2011 Mexico Antonio DeMarco 26-2-1 (19 KO) 0
IBF August 14, 2010 Mexico Miguel Vazquez 30-3 (13 KO) 3
WBO February 28, 2009 Mexico Juan Manuel Marquez 53-6-1 (39 KO) 2

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

Pan American Champions

Kickboxing Lightweight

Women's divisions also use this weight class, but usually at a much lower weight than the men's divisions.

Rowing

Lightweight rowing was a category entered into the Olympic sport, originally due to countries of smaller stature competing with an unfair disadvantage, as rowing favors the taller athlete who has more leverage.

Current Olympic class lightweight events in rowing are a men's lightweight Coxless Four and Double Scull, and a women's lightweight Double Scull.


Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - letvægter, undermåler
adj. - letvægts-, let

Nederlands (Dutch)
lichtgewicht, van weinig belang, lichtgewicht-

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) poids léger, (fig) personne médiocre (péj)
adj. - léger, (Sport) de/des poids légers, (fig) médiocre, léger (qch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leichtgewicht, Leichtgewichtler
adj. - leicht, Leichtgewichts-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυγμάχος ελαφρών βαρών
adj. - ελαφρός, ελαφρών βαρών, (μτφ.) ασήμαντος

Italiano (Italian)
peso leggero, leggero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peso-leve (m) (categoria do boxe) (Desp.)
adj. - de peso leve

Русский (Russian)
человек ниже среднего веса, несерьезный человек, легкий вес

Español (Spanish)
n. - peso ligero
adj. - ligero, de poco peso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (isht. sport) lättvikt, lättviktare
adj. - (attr.) lättvikts-, lätt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
轻量级选手, 不能胜任者, 轻量级的, 无足轻重的, 不足取的, 轻量的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 羽量級選手, 不能勝任者
adj. - 羽量級的, 無足輕重的, 不足取的, 輕量的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 표준중량 이하의 사람, 라이트급 선수, 멍청이
adj. - 가벼운, 시시한, 라이트급의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 軽量の, ライト級の, 取るに足らない
n. - 標準重量以下のもの, ライト級の選手, 取るに足らない人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص دون المتوسط وزنا, ملاكم من الوزن الخفيف, شخص ضئيل الشأن أو المقدرة (صفه) متعلق بملاكم من الوزن الخفيف, دون المتوسط وزنا, غير هام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקל קל, מתאגרף השוקל 75-06 ק"ג‬
adj. - ‮שוקל מתחת לממוצע, קל, חסר-חשיבות, חסר-השפעה‬


 
 

 

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