By the way, welterweight is between light and medium — just 152 lbs — so Hatton is not a big guy. From Wordnik.com. [Pro Boxer’s Punch Carries Heavy Weight « Isegoria] Reference
Karami was second at last year's Olympic qualifier in welterweight, losing in the final to France's Christophe. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Daley missed the 171-pound weight limit for non-title welterweight bouts, but Hazelett still agreed to take the bout. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Shane Mosley weighed in one pound heavier than fellow American Floyd Mayweather Jr. for their non-title welterweight bout. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Kind of like a name a welterweight might have. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
The undefeated welterweight has 41 wins with 25 knockouts. From Wordnik.com. [Boxer Mayweather Faces 4 Felony Charges] Reference
From flyweight to welterweight, he is a fiscal super-heavyweight. From Wordnik.com. [Charley Steiner: Saturday Night's Alright for Fightin'] Reference
This is the big welterweight championship, the world championship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008] Reference
Ali Hassan is Iraq's welterweight champion -- and I am out of shape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2008] Reference
So he got all the featherweight, welterweight references I was making. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007] Reference
On the undercard Yuri Foreman won the WBA Super welterweight championship. From Wordnik.com. [Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
Boxers with a combined 81-0 record fight for the world welterweight title. From Wordnik.com. [Games on TV: Dec. 8-14] Reference
Unlike, say, WBA junior welterweight champion, it's sweeping and subjective. From Wordnik.com. [Grand Master Of Aloofness] Reference
He looks like he's in training for an Olympic welterweight title in taekwondo. From Wordnik.com. [Being Bret Stephens -- Or Not] Reference
He twice won welterweight crowns, and two times won junior middleweight titles. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Woods: Boxer Killed, Lessons Learned: Let the Wallet Go, and Our Gun Policy Is Crazy] Reference
If boxing were a nation, its capital these days would be the welterweight division. From Wordnik.com. [Coming on Saturday: Mayweather vs. Mosley] Reference
By 1985 Ward was a three-time Golden Gloves junior welterweight with a 14-0 record. From Wordnik.com. [Suzette Standring: Micky Ward: A Boxer's Comeback Based on Faith] Reference
Pacquiao won the WBO welterweight crown, his 7th title in 7 different weight classes. From Wordnik.com. [Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
He left school at 16 and became the Kansas Golden Gloves welterweight boxing champion. From Wordnik.com. [Walter J. Hickel, former Alaska governor and U.S. interior secretary, dies at 90] Reference
Daniel O'Connor, a 22-year-old junior-welterweight boxer, feels lucky just to be here. From Wordnik.com. [Almost Olympians ...] Reference
Oscar de la Hoya's welterweight showdown with Manny Pacquiao sold out in just two minutes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008] Reference
Mayweather just fought and dominated the last credible known welterweight in the division. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaal Bell: Mayweather Exposes Mosley's age, Thoughts of Retirement] Reference
“My favorite boxer is Vernon Forrest,” he said, referring to the welterweight champion. From Wordnik.com. [Meet the New Staggering Genius] Reference
Ortiz is a true welterweight up and comer, fighting Vivian Harris out of Brooklyn, New York. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Duffy: Mexico's Bicentennial Celebrated in LA With Mosley vs. Mora and Full Undercard] Reference
Ike Bazuka (ph) quarterly trained here, and won the world welterweight championship in 1994. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2008] Reference
Associated Press Manny Pacquiao dominates Ricky Hatton in the junior-welterweight title fight. From Wordnik.com. [2-Minute Rout, 2-Round Bout] Reference
As a young man Edward Villella was a varsity baseball player and a welterweight boxing champion. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy Center Honors Remarks At Wh Reception] Reference
Today in Sports: Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Thomas "Hitman" Hearns to win the welterweight title. From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
Salandy, who began her boxing her career at the age of 11, earned a welterweight title when she was 16. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
The reigning welterweight champion also possesses one of the quickest and most lethal left hooks in boxing. From Wordnik.com. [A Fight for the Ages] Reference
You've seen him win welterweight titles, now hear De La Hoya sing balleros of love on his self-titled, solo debut. From Wordnik.com. [(Oscar De La Hoya)] Reference
This enraged Griffith, who by the way was a six time world champion, middle weight and welterweight world champion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2005] Reference
Mr. Hatton will be defending his International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior welterweight (140-pound) world title. From Wordnik.com. [The Pound-for-Pound Prize] Reference
Maybe he thinks a boxer that weighs 250 pounds is being punished for growing when he is not allowed to fight as a welterweight. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Chapman: Questions For Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith About His New Bill H.R. 3558] Reference
On Saturday night, Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao won the WBO welterweight title in an epic struggle with Miguel Angel Cotto. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Marino: Pacquiao Lifts Boxing off the Canvas] Reference
De La Hoya is slimming down from the super welterweight category (154 lbs) and Pacquiao is bulking up from lightweight (135 lbs). From Wordnik.com. [Boxing: Culture and Celebrity] Reference
In 2005, he won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight title when he dramatically upset champion Kostya Tszyu. From Wordnik.com. [The Pound-for-Pound Prize] Reference
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