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1. A weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)
    
2. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
    
3. A wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
    
4. A professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
    
5. A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the middleweight division.

Derived forms: welterweights

Type of: boxer, gladiator, grappler, matman [informal], prizefighter, pugilist, weight, weight class, weight unit, wrestler

Encyclopedia: Welterweight