Featherweight
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Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. A featherweight boxer weighs between 122 pounds and 126 pounds, or for Olympic boxing, 54 to 57 kilograms. Notable featherweights include Salvador Sanchez, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Prince Naseem Hamed, Barry McGuigan, "Peerless" Jim Driscoll, Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler, Chalky Wright, Johnny Tapia, Scott Harrison, Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and Chris John
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Featherweight Olympic Champions
- 1904 - Oliver Kirk, USA
- 1908 - Richard Gunn, Great Britain
- 1920 - Paul Fritsch, France
- 1924 - John "Jackie" Fields, USA
- 1928 - Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren, Netherlands
- 1932 - Carmelo Robledo, Argentina
- 1936 - Oscar Casanovas, Argentina
- 1948 - Ernesto Formenti, Italy
- 1952 - Jan Zachara, Czechoslovakia
- 1956 - Vladimir Safronov, Soviet Union
- 1960 - Francesco Musso, Italy
- 1964 - Stanislav Stepashkin, Soviet Union
- 1968 - Antonio Roldan, Mexico
- 1972 - Boris Kuznetsov, Soviet Union
- 1976 - Angel Herrara, Cuba
- 1980 - Rudi Fink, East Germany
- 1984 - Meldrick Taylor, USA
- 1988 - Giovanni Parisi, Italy
- 1992 - Andreas Tews, Germany
- 1996 - Somluck Kamsing, Thailand
- 2000 - Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Kazakhstan
- 2004 - Alexei Tichtchenko, Russia
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See also
Template:Boxing weight classes
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