Word: featherweight
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...project—doubtless a project only made possible by a genius like Roth’s—this fascination never translates to enjoyment. Nor does the admiration one may hold for Roth’s vaunted corpus ever translate to a redemptive case for yet another joyless, featherweight book from one of America’s greatest novelist. In 2004, the author, now 76, selected a biographer, in a gesture that suggests, like Gabriel García Márquez, that Roth is aware of his own mortality on the horizon. Though he already has another novel scheduled...
Malpartida, known as "Dynamite" to her fans, is the World Boxing Association's female super featherweight champion. On June 20, she successfully defended her world title in Lima against a Brazilian opponent, Halana dos Santos. She drew a packed house for the bout, which was a feat of its own. The tickets were costly in a country where the monthly minimum wage is around $200 and the venue seemed better suited for a circus than an international title fight as vendors hawked caramel apples and cotton candy instead of beer and pretzels. TV ratings, however, define the story in immense...
...former World Boxing Foundation lightweight world champion, super featherweight champion and flyweight world champion, as well as the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight world champion. Has held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight, super featherweight and light welterweight divisions. Also rated #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world by Ring Magazine...
...know everyone in the Philippines is happy." - Following his victory over Mexican boxer Erik Morales in the super featherweight division...
...more vaguely derivative, but equally middling material.So “Together Through Life” is a regression, a forgetful footnote to the decade of Dylan’s critical resurgence. Even in this decade, Dylan’s catalog is so strong that its legacy can suffer one featherweight album, but what’s so frustrating about “Together Through Life” is that it simply didn’t need to be recorded. It’s a troublesome sign of what may be to come in the remainder of the man?...