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champion
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In Jimmy Wilde, the world flyweight champion from 1916, Britain produced one of the very greatest boxers of all time.
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Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion from 1935 to 1938, was their folk-hero.
title
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His championship-winning days began in 1983 and he lost the flyweight title two years ago, since when he has remained unbeaten.
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Next stop, hopefully, the light flyweight title held by Dickie Camacho.
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Boxing: Gold medals are awarded in light flyweight , bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight.
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For instance, judo flyweight Karen Briggs grappling on with a dislocated shoulder shoved back in its socket.
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He did not relish training, though the flyweight limit was eight stones.
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His championship-winning days began in 1983 and he lost the flyweight title two years ago, since when he has remained unbeaten.
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In Jimmy Wilde, the world flyweight champion from 1916, Britain produced one of the very greatest boxers of all time.
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The Gorbals produced flyweight boxers and hard drinkers in profusion in the 1930s, and Lynch died there 6 August 1946.
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Yuri Arbachakov, a talented but untested flyweight .