Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: light welterweight
  1. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds
     
  2. A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the welterwight division.

Derived forms: light welterweights

Type of: boxer, pugilist, weight class

Encyclopedia: Light welterweight