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A bantam, in British Army usage, was a soldier of below the army's minimum regulation height of 5 ft 3 in (160 cm). [1]During the First World War, the British Army raised battalions in which the normal minimum height requirement for recruits was reduced from 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) to 5 ft (150 cm).
The 40th Division was an infantry division of the British Army active during the First World War, where it served on the Western Front.It was a division of Lord Kitchener's New Army volunteers, mostly "bantam" recruits of below regulation height.
The 119th Brigade (119th Bed), originally the Welsh Bantam Brigade, was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army during World War I. Part of Lord Kitchener 's 'New Armies' , it was formed of men under the normal regulation height, known as bantams .
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting.For boxing, the range is above 115 lb (52.2 kg) and up to 118 lb (53.5 kg). In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between 53 and 55 kilograms (117 and 121 lb).
Name Duration of reign Defences Richie Wenton: 26 April 1994 – 6 February 1996 r: 2 Michael Brodie: 22 March 1997 – 31 January 1998 r: 2 Patrick Mullings
Jonathan Haggerty (born 18 February 1997) is a British professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer currently signed with ONE Championship.He is the reigning ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion and former ONE Flyweight & Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion.
The following is a table showing the boxers who have won the British bantamweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929.
Johnny Armour (born 26 October 1968 in Chatham, Kent) is an English amateur flyweight and professional super fly/bantam/super bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s. As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) flyweight title, against Paul Ingle (Scarborough ABC), [1] boxing out of St Marys ABC (Chatham ...