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• welterweight

語源

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) +‎ weight. Boxing sense 1896.

形容詞

welter-weight (not comparable)

1. (boxing) between lightweight and middleweight

名詞

welter-weight (plural welter-weights)

1. (boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
2. (horse racing) A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.

等位語

• lightweight
• middleweight
• heavyweight

参照

形容詞

welterweight

1. Alternative spelling of welter-weight

名詞

welterweight (plural welterweights)

1. Alternative spelling of welter-weight
   • 2023, Rod Honecker, Brick City Grudge Match: Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano Battle in Newark, 1948, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 146:

     Undoubtedly, his record versus welterweights (147 pounds) is better than against full-blown middleweights (160 pounds). Being a tweener, Graziano probably would have campaigned as a junior middleweight (154 pounds) if he fought today.

   • 2024 November 4, Jamie Gardner, “Mandatory genetic testing in sport ‘not justified, ethical or viable’, say academics”, in The Independent‎:

     Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.