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light welterweight
noun
- an amateur boxer weighing 60鈥63.5 kg (132鈥140 pounds)
- ( as modifier ) Compare junior welterweight
the light welterweight champion
Example Sentences
A southpaw and a light welterweight from the east of Scotland's central belt, the 21-year-old even has the same softly-spoken conviction Taylor had when embarking on his amateur career.
鈥淵ou have to spend it or sell it on the black market,鈥 said Brown, a light welterweight.
He moved to the United States when he was 9 years old, months before Ukraine regained its independence, and went on to post a 35-2-1 record as a light welterweight and welterweight.
Iglesias claimed his second Olympic gold and his third overall medal in Tokyo, adding it to his bronze from Beijing in 2008 and his championship from London in 2012, both at light welterweight.
His father, H茅ctor 鈥淢acho鈥 Camacho, famously lost a unanimous decision to Ch谩vez Sr. for the WBC light welterweight title in 1992.
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