welter-weight

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between lightweight and middleweight
a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
boxing weight between lightweight and middleweight; boxer whose weight is between lightweight and middleweight; wrestler whose weight is between lightweight and middleweight
welterweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeple chase or hurdle race)
welterweight
a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
welterweight
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
welterweight
{s} of a weight that is between lightweight and middleweight (Boxing, Wrestling)
welterweight
A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight
welterweight
a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeple chase or hurdle race)
welterweight
alternative spelling of welter-weight
welterweight
{i} boxing weight between lightweight and middleweight
welterweight
a boxer who weighs less than 66.68 kilograms, and who is heavier than a lightweight but lighter than a middleweight (welter (19-20 centuries) (probably from welt (19-20 centuries)) + weight)
welterweight
a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
welterweight
A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races
welterweight
{i} boxer whose weight is between lightweight and middleweight; wrestler whose weight is between lightweight and middleweight
welter-weight

    Etymologie

    () Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) +‎ weight.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Boxing sense 1896.
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