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The correct spelling is welterweights.
How to pronounce welterweights
noun
Say it like: Wel-ter-way-ts
The correct spelling is welterweights. A boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
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Definition
noun
- 1.A boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class
- 2.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.
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