Featherweight division in boxing is one of the glamour divisions, back int he old days 126 pound feather weights could sell out arenas
most of them were tall like 5 foot 7 to 5 foot 9, while UFC 125 pounders are dwarf looking like 5 foot 4 and below. Its weird how MMA the smaller weights dont really draw o get respect by meat heads but in boxing the boxing fans enjoy the flyweights and featherweights maybe because they have to throw punches no grappling and many of those little guys can crack.
112 pound boxing champion Pancho villa of the Philippines with heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, Villa fought in the early 1900s and drew massive crowds over 20 thousand to watch him and other flyweight champions box, a fight is a fight and people like to watch action fighters no matter the size. He was before Manny Pacquiao, he died at age 23 from a tooth infection but was rapidly becoming a huge star in early 1900s America even dating white American actresses and accepted by the southern whites he was loved even more than the American fighters in his division at the time he was only 5 foot 1, 112 pounds and a dark skin filipino non american yet he could draw big because he was exciting to watch.