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How to pronounce welterweight in English?

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Type Words
Type of pugilist, boxer
Type Words
Type of prizefighter, gladiator
Type Words
Type of weight, weight unit
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Type of matman, grappler, wrestler

Examples of welterweight

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Amir Sadolla, left, pins and hits Brad Blackburn during a the welterweight bout.
From the washingtonpost.com
Tonight he faces Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight title with a similar problem.
From the bostonherald.com
As a young man, he was a semipro baseball player and a light-welterweight boxer.
From the post-gazette.com
Micky Ward longs to get his onetime promising welterweight career back on track.
From the washingtonpost.com
Provodnikov has knocked out his last two opponents, both at junior welterweight.
From the ocregister.com
Now he'll meet veteran Emanuel Augustus of Chicago in a junior welterweight bout.
From the freep.com
Bobby Voelker by unanimous decision and wins the VFC welterweight championship.
From the omaha.com
Margarito, of Tijuana, already was popular as a two-time welterweight champion.
From the dailynews.com
Hickel, a welterweight Golden Gloves boxing champion of Kansas, wanted to travel.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • A weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)
  • An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
  • A wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
  • A professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
  • Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system. ...
  • Alternative spelling of welter-weight; Alternative spelling of welter-weight
  • A weight division, with an upper limit of 147 pounds.
  • A boxer weighing up to 147 pounds
  • Valery Rachkov (Soviet Union)