welterweight
Middling fighter category
Welterweight is a weight class in boxing and other combat sports, falling between lightweight and middleweight—typically around 140 to 147 pounds in professional boxing.
The term extends to any competitor in this division: He fought as a welterweight for most of his career.
Figuratively, welterweight can describe something or someone of moderate size or significance, neither the lightest nor the heaviest contender.
Competition for top rank
- contenderOne competing seriously
- boutLimited stretch of something
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
- title fightMatch for supremacy
ranking · division · weigh-in · referee · judges · scorecard · decision · split decision
Striking with closed fist
- jabQuick, straight blow
- hookCurved catching device
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- ringClosed curve shape
gloves · knockout · rounds · defense · combinations · counterpunch · feint · bobbing
Sleeveless athletic garment
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- matFlat floor covering
- pinPointed metal fastener
escape · reversal · folkstyle · freestyle · Greco-Roman · clinch · throw · submission
Practice combat training
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- gymExercise facility
- coachOne who instructs
- fitnessGood physical shape
discipline · footwork · agility · strength · nutrition · hydration · focus · recovery
Eighties welterweight and middleweight champion
- Oscar De La HoyaBoxing's Golden Boy
- Floyd Mayweather
- Manny Pacquiao
- Sugar Ray RobinsonGreatest boxer ever, many say
Boxing weight class, 200 pounds
- flyweightLightest boxing division
- strawweightLightest boxing division
- 147Odd three-digit integer
championship
Competition for top rank
- contenderOne competing seriously
- boutLimited stretch of something
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
title fight · ranking · division · weigh-in · referee · judges · scorecard · decision · split decision · unanimous
punching
Striking with closed fist
ring · gloves · knockout · rounds · defense · combinations · counterpunch · feint · bobbing · weaving
singlet
Sleeveless athletic garment
pin · escape · reversal · folkstyle · freestyle · Greco-Roman · clinch · throw · submission · half nelson
sparring
Practice combat training
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- gymExercise facility
- coachOne who instructs
fitness · discipline · footwork · agility · strength · nutrition · hydration · focus · recovery · flexibility
Sugar Ray Leonard
Eighties welterweight and middleweight champion
- Oscar De La HoyaBoxing's Golden Boy
- Sugar Ray RobinsonGreatest boxer ever, many say
cruiserweight
Boxing weight class, 200 pounds
- flyweightLightest boxing division
- strawweightLightest boxing division
- 147Odd three-digit integer
- boxingjab, uppercut, hook, punch, knockout
- combat sportsboxing, wrestling, MMA, judo, karate
- fightersboxer, boxers, wrestler, Muhammad Ali, fighter
- MMAMMA, mixed martial arts, UFC, octagon, cage
- weight classesflyweight, cruiserweight, strawweight, paperweight, catchweight
- competition levelselite tier, top tier, mid tier, lower tier, upper tier
welterweightheavyweight
Highest combat weight class
super heavyweight · strawweight · flyweight · featherweight · bantamweight
welterweightheavyweight
Highest combat weight class
powerhouse · titan · juggernaut · giant · major player