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Definition of welterweight in English: welterweightnounˈwɛltəweɪtˈwɛltərˌweɪt mass noun1A weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between lightweight and middleweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 63.5–67 kg. (拳击或其他运动的)次中量级(业余拳击级别为63.5-67公斤) Example sentencesExamples - The merciless street-fighter known as the ‘fists of stone’ went on to win world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
- Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
- The 23-year-old will make his debut at welterweight on a dinner show in Middlesbrough on September 23.
- A very knowledgeable student fills her in with the exact difference between the different weights in boxing including welterweight, which she hadn't asked for.
- I'll clean up everything at light welter then I'll move up to welterweight and clean up there as well.
- Hearns is an all-time great anywhere from welterweight thru middleweight!
- Hearns put many outstanding fighters to sleep for the count of 10 with one right hand from welterweight up to super middleweight.
- For four years there were no title fights for the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight or heavyweight crowns.
- He went on to win the light welter weight title the following year and five more at welterweight.
- At the 2003 Pan American Games, the USA qualified a spot in three divisions: featherweight, welterweight and super heavyweight.
- He has won titles at welterweight and middleweight.
- 1.1count noun A welterweight boxer or other competitor.
Example sentencesExamples - During World War II, he competed as a welterweight for the Air Force, boxing in Australia and New Guinea.
- He began boxing when he was 11 years old and later turned professional, fighting for 17 years as a welterweight.
- He was a legitimate welterweight who knocked out light heavyweights during his career.
- Well-balanced, he's also built like a welterweight and not easily pushed around.
- In his next fight, Taylor dropped back down to welterweight, where he was matched against a giant welterweight in Crisanto Espana.
- Barnes added: ‘We're two of the best welterweights in the country going head to head so there is a lot of anticipation.’
- Although Gavilan was a brilliant welterweight, he found the extra strength of the Hawaiian too tough a hurdle.
- Margarito is one of the fiercest welterweights to come along in years.
- He was a welterweight then, and is now only a light-middleweight, so that shows how well he has managed his weight.
- They may have fought six times, but the only competitive bout was the first, when Robinson was still a welterweight and La Motta was a fully-fledged middleweight.
- I thought great, I can finally see how great Sugar Ray Robinson was as a welterweight, or how great Benny Leonard was.
- He fought on until 2000, finishing up as a cruiserweight world champion, having won his first belt as a welterweight in 1980.
- In boxing, Al Melo participated as a welterweight in the Olympics in 1924.
- Young had come into the ring weighing much more than his usual light-welterweight limit of ten stone, as Jones is a full welterweight, and more.
- I was also happy for Bouie Fischer, a man who had been in the fight game since Sugar Ray Robinson was a welterweight, and who was finally getting his due.
OriginEarly 19th century: welter of unknown origin. Definition of welterweight in US English: welterweightnounˈwɛltərˌweɪtˈweltərˌwāt 1A weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between lightweight and middleweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 140 to 147 pounds (63.5–67 kg). (拳击或其他运动的)次中量级(业余拳击级别为63.5-67公斤) Example sentencesExamples - Hearns is an all-time great anywhere from welterweight thru middleweight!
- He went on to win the light welter weight title the following year and five more at welterweight.
- For four years there were no title fights for the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight or heavyweight crowns.
- The 23-year-old will make his debut at welterweight on a dinner show in Middlesbrough on September 23.
- A very knowledgeable student fills her in with the exact difference between the different weights in boxing including welterweight, which she hadn't asked for.
- He has won titles at welterweight and middleweight.
- Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
- At the 2003 Pan American Games, the USA qualified a spot in three divisions: featherweight, welterweight and super heavyweight.
- I'll clean up everything at light welter then I'll move up to welterweight and clean up there as well.
- The merciless street-fighter known as the ‘fists of stone’ went on to win world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
- Hearns put many outstanding fighters to sleep for the count of 10 with one right hand from welterweight up to super middleweight.
- 1.1 A welterweight boxer or other competitor.
Example sentencesExamples - They may have fought six times, but the only competitive bout was the first, when Robinson was still a welterweight and La Motta was a fully-fledged middleweight.
- I was also happy for Bouie Fischer, a man who had been in the fight game since Sugar Ray Robinson was a welterweight, and who was finally getting his due.
- He was a welterweight then, and is now only a light-middleweight, so that shows how well he has managed his weight.
- He fought on until 2000, finishing up as a cruiserweight world champion, having won his first belt as a welterweight in 1980.
- Young had come into the ring weighing much more than his usual light-welterweight limit of ten stone, as Jones is a full welterweight, and more.
- He began boxing when he was 11 years old and later turned professional, fighting for 17 years as a welterweight.
- I thought great, I can finally see how great Sugar Ray Robinson was as a welterweight, or how great Benny Leonard was.
- Margarito is one of the fiercest welterweights to come along in years.
- Well-balanced, he's also built like a welterweight and not easily pushed around.
- In his next fight, Taylor dropped back down to welterweight, where he was matched against a giant welterweight in Crisanto Espana.
- Although Gavilan was a brilliant welterweight, he found the extra strength of the Hawaiian too tough a hurdle.
- He was a legitimate welterweight who knocked out light heavyweights during his career.
- During World War II, he competed as a welterweight for the Air Force, boxing in Australia and New Guinea.
- In boxing, Al Melo participated as a welterweight in the Olympics in 1924.
- Barnes added: ‘We're two of the best welterweights in the country going head to head so there is a lot of anticipation.’
OriginEarly 19th century: welter of unknown origin. |