How do you use Welterweight in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like weight or boxer, plus the exact meaning.
Welterweight meaning
Alternative spelling of welter-weight.
Synonyms of Welterweight
Using Welterweight
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of welter-weight.
- Useful related words include: weight unit, weight, boxer, pugilist.
- In the example corpus, welterweight often appears in combinations such as: the welterweight, welterweight title, welterweight champion.
Context around Welterweight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Welterweight
- In this selection, "welterweight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, super, light, undisputed, title, world and champion stand out and add context to how "welterweight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 ranked welterweight in a and a former welterweight title challenger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "welterweight" sits close to words such as averse, avian and backseat, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with welterweight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Serval is the trial character for the Welterweight tournament. (9 words)
He’ll face No. 4 ranked welterweight in a middleweight title eliminator. (12 words)
The only exception is in super welterweight, where there is a three-belt unified champion. (15 words)
Fail managed to get on top of his very game opponent and finished the super-welterweight contest strongly to claim a 78-74 win on referee Mark Bates' scorecard at the York Hall in Bethnel Green, and he was delighted with his night's work. (45 words)
Rankin has held both the IBO and the WBA super welterweight titles in her career but lost both of those belts in a defeat to Englishwoman, Terri Harper, in September of last year in what was the sixth loss of her career. (42 words)
Gibson and welterweight Jake Young of London, Ont., are currently the only Canadians among the some 220 fighters under contract to the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, which boasts 11 weight classes (nine for men and two for women). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jonas, who already held the WBC, IBF and WBO super-welterweight world titles, now holds the IBF welterweight crown after stopping Wyatt 30 seconds into round number eight at the AO Arena in Manchester.
And Hatton, who held titles at welterweight and light-welterweight, believes it’s inevitable that the fight will be made.
Broner, a former super-featherweight, lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight world title holder, was once considered the heir apparent to Mayweather.
Crawford, a native of Omaha, Neb., is now the undisputed welterweight champion, adding the IBF, WBA, and WBC 147-titles, in addition to his WBO belt.
Fail managed to get on top of his very game opponent and finished the super-welterweight contest strongly to claim a 78-74 win on referee Mark Bates' scorecard at the York Hall in Bethnel Green, and he was delighted with his night's work.
Gibson and welterweight Jake Young of London, Ont., are currently the only Canadians among the some 220 fighters under contract to the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, which boasts 11 weight classes (nine for men and two for women).
He’ll face No. 4 ranked welterweight in a middleweight title eliminator.
Like Masvidal, the 36-year-old Brazilian is a former welterweight title challenger, having suffered a TKO loss to former teammate Usman in 2021.
Like the soupy haze that has enveloped Manhattan for most of the week, the outlook ahead of the scheduled 12-round showdown for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title is thick with uncertainty.
Marlon Harrington (9-1, 8 KOs) won the WBF Intercontinental super-welterweight championship with a 46-second technical knockout of local favourite Gheith Mohammed (9-1).
Rankin has held both the IBO and the WBA super welterweight titles in her career but lost both of those belts in a defeat to Englishwoman, Terri Harper, in September of last year in what was the sixth loss of her career.
Serval is the trial character for the Welterweight tournament.
Taylor suffered the first defeat of her professional career in May when Cameron retained her WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO light-welterweight titles with an against-all-odds majority decision win at the 3Arena.
Teofimo Lopez out-sped, outboxed, out-thought, out-punched and repeatedly sent close to oblivion the Scottish laird of the light-welterweight division.
Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have reportedly agreed on terms to fight for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 in Las Vegas.
The court heard in the weeks before his flight from Atlanta to Manchester the defendant had flown extensively inside the US including to Las Vegas, where Terence Crawford became the undisputed world welterweight champion in July.
The former famously knocked out the latter with a devastating head kick at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City last August, capturing the promotion’s welterweight title and avenging his loss to Usman from December 2015.
The next qualifying event for the Olympics in in February, with Ireland’s choice for welterweight currently unknown.
The only exception is in super welterweight, where there is a three-belt unified champion.
Tim Tszyu (R) has beaten American Tony Harrison to claim the interim WBO super-welterweight title.
Common combinations with welterweight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: