He first fought as a bantamweight and then went on to win the belt in three other divisions.    From LearnThat.org. 

He is a bantamweight guy with thinning black hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jazz in the Age of the iPod] Reference

A former bantamweight, I was now a formidable contender.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Love and Laughter, John Ritter] Reference

At that same time, 123-pound bantamweight Imre Foldi pressed 280.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci] Reference

LOVATO: I just recently won the IBA bantamweight world champion title.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2007] Reference

Juan Evangelista Venegas, a bantamweight, sailed home with the bronze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star and Stripes:] Reference

Slit-bottom khakis, Sir Guy shirts -- bantamweight punks on the stroll.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood Nocturne]

Pop couldn't be much more than a bantamweight, even with all his knives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference

His eyes were deep set and his cheeks bantamweight duplicates of his belly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]

Brian Cashman and be like a bantamweight young, agile, quick on your feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Alex, a former Scottish bantamweight champ, left a wife and a young daughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Here she is, in silk, fur and pearls, ringside, watching a bantamweight match.    From Wordnik.com.  [Story pick: The fighting lady] Reference

Roberto Benitez (119/bantamweight) and Mickey Bey (125/featherweight) did not.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

ANNOUNCER: And the new IBA woman's boxing bantamweight champion, Monica Lovato!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2007] Reference

The 119-pound bantamweight, 22 years old, sat wrapping his fists in Everlast tape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star and Stripes:] Reference

The bantamweight hits him three more in the back of the neck and says, Go wash up!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Words] Reference

He would go on to become a five-time professional world champion as a bantamweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zebratown] Reference

If Quayle was a "fun, bantamweight cheerleader from the West," then Obama must be too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republicans "have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West, like the previous Miss Congeniality types Dan Quayle and W."] Reference

Raith Rovers in the UEFA Cup ... a bantamweight boxer killed in the ring in Glasgow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrection Men]

ANNOUNCER: The winner and the new IBA woman's boxing bantamweight champion, Monica Lovato!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2007] Reference

Obama gave serious consideration to putting a bantamweight cheerleader from the East, Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republicans "have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West, like the previous Miss Congeniality types Dan Quayle and W."] Reference

He looked skinny beyond skinny, like he was starving himself to make the bantamweight limit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Nowhere]

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your winner and the new IBF women ` s bantamweight champion, Monica Lovato!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2007] Reference

The 19-year-old bantamweight has gold medal hopes and his father is determined to see it person.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2008] Reference

Brian Bowles to win WEC bantamweight championship, TKO (Bowles unable to continue), second round.    From Wordnik.com.  [USA TODAY/SB Nation consensus MMA rankings] Reference

“Ma Jimmy may be half a foot shorter than you but he wis the army bantamweight boxing champion.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference

The three-time defending champion at flyweight, Benitez moved up to bantamweight with the same result.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Siler changes tactics to win third national title] Reference

Kim Kwang Ok took the bantamweight crown and was interviewed by the Yonhap news agency after the fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The steel mugunhwas » Japundit Blog] Reference

•At Osaka, Japan — Nobuo Nashiro (13-1-1) vs. Hugo Cazares (30-6), for WBA junior bantamweight title.    From Wordnik.com.  [Upcoming boxing schedule] Reference

The bantamweight was working out at the Albergue now, his jump-rope ticking against the gym's plywood floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star and Stripes:] Reference

Maureen Dowd, New York Times: "They have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beltway Boys] Reference

WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles makes his first title defense against.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference

Benavidez had Torres trapped, and the former bantamweight champ was forced to tap.    From Wordnik.com.  [FanHouse Main] Reference

Mijares has been fighting at bantamweight but agreed to take the fight at super flyweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [BoxingScene.com]

Also slated to be in action on "Brace For Impact" are Hartford super bantamweight "Machine".    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference

Previous titles: WBC lightweight, WBC super featherweight, IBF super bantamweight and WBC flyweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Pacquiao said that in his eyes Penalosa won by seven rounds to five in the WBO bantamweight interim title fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [BoxingScene.com]