Sentence examples for lightweight to defend from inspiring English sources

Burns became the full-blown champion when the previous holder, Juan Manuel Marquez, announced he would not be dropping back to lightweight to defend his belt.

Dick McTaggart Melbourne 1956 Lightweight Returned to defend title four years later in Rome but had to settle for bronze.

Bartley must prove his return to fitness after injury but is likely to return to the lightweight four as they aim to defend their world title.

McGregor expressed his desire to hold both titles at once, allowing a No 1 contender to emerge in the featherweight division while he competes at lightweight before returning to 145 lbs to defend the crown he won in Las Vegas last Saturday night.

Omar Figueroa also stopped Daniel Estrada in the ninth round to defend his WBC lightweight title belt, while Anthony Dirrell won a rematch against Sakio Bika to claim the WBC super middleweight.

On that occasion in December, Burns was due to defend his WBO lightweight title for a third time against Filipino challenger Jose Ocampo, but the fight was cancelled less than a week before it was due to happen amid suggestions that Ocampo's trainer had died.

Copeland declared her intention to defend her Olympic lightweight double sculls title just months after the London Games but it was not until last winter that she returned to training full-time, by which time her 2012 partner Hosking had announced her retirement.

Another of them, Richar Abril, will be here on 6 March to defend his WBA World lightweight title against Derry Mathews on a BoxNation-televised show in Liverpool.

Ricky Burns will face Mexican fighter Raymundo Beltran on 7 September as he seeks to defend his WBO world lightweight title.

In Savannah's small gym, one can hear it as well as see it, as Juan Victoria Diaz, world lightweight champion, nicknamed the Baby Bull, stays in shape to defend his W.B.A. title.

To defend against the new adversary, first, we design a lightweight message sharing scheme that is based on congruence equations.