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• n  an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
• n  weighs 126-139 pounds
• n  a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds

• Has held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight, super featherweight and light welterweight divisions.
• Peruvian boxer Kina Malpartida, left, fights with Brazilian rival Alana Dos Santos during their WBA super featherweight world title fight in Lima, which Malpartida won to retain .
• Eligio Sardinias y Montalvo ("Kid Chocolate"), generally acknowledged featherweight champion of the world, is a wiry, knob-fisted Cuban Negro whose quick, malicious dexterity.

News & Articles

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• Dana White: Anthony Pettis could fight for title at featherweight or lightweight
  A knee injury forced Anthony Pettis out of his planned UFC 163 title shot against featherweight champion Jose Aldo Jr. But according to UFC president Dana White, Pettis will still be in line for a title shot when he returns, whether it's at featherweight or lightweight. Speaking to reporters after UFC 161 in Winnipeg, White said "He's definitely in line [at featherweight], but we'll see what ...
  June 16, 2013 - SB Nation
• Featherweight champ Mikey Garcia fails to make weight
  Mikey Garcia's reign as WBO featherweight champion was short-lived.
  June 14, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Featherweight champion Garcia fails to make weight
  DALLAS (AP) -- Mikey Garcia's reign as WBO featherweight champion was short-lived.
  June 14, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Bob Arum in ESPN
  I've got two horses and I want them to wipe out everybody in the featherweight division and when they finally meet, people will go crazy,Arum said.
• Ricardo Mayorga in International Herald Tribune
  Obviously, Oscar's been a thorn in my side,Mayorga said. "Oscar's definitely on the hit list. I want to fight De La Hoya. Let him retire fighting a true super welterweight or middleweight. How's he going to retire fighting a featherweight?...
• Sim Wong Hoo in guardian.co.uk
  On May 3 we introduced a huge new market for MP3 players with the introduction of the ZEN Stone, the tiny, featherweight 1GB MP3 player priced at only $39.99,said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative. "Now with the ZEN Stone Plus, we...