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flyweight
1. 
a. a professional boxer weighing not more than 112 pounds (51 kg)
b. an amateur boxer weighing 48--51 kg (106--112 pounds)
c. (as modifier): a flyweight contest
2. (in Olympic wrestling) a wrestler weighing not more than 115 pounds (52 kg)


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It took longer than most thought it would, but Vic Darchinyan (28-0) retained his International Boxing Federation flyweight title with a 12th-round technical knockout of Victor Burgos (39-15-3) of Mexico in the semi-main event.
American boxer BRIAN VILORIA, 19, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, won a world flyweight title last year.
The typical diesel governor operates through a tug-of-war between a spring and a set of flyweights that spin along with the engine crankshaft.
 
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