welterweight
/ˈwɛltəweɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwɛltəweɪt/
welterweight
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wel - ter - weight -> welterweight
Myanmar meaning
လိုက်ဝိတ်နှင့် မစ်ဒဲလ်ဝိတ်တန်းစပ်ကြားထဲမှ ဝဲလ်တာ ဝိတ်တန်း (၆၃.၅ - ၆၅ ကီလို)။ ၎င်းကိုယ်အလေးချိန်ရှိသည့် အားကစားသမား။
Full entry
welterweight /'weltǝweÇt/ n
(လက်ဝှေ့) ဝယ်လတာ ဝိတ်တန်း။ (ကိုယ်အလေးချိန် ၆၁-၆၇ ကီလိုဂရမ်ရှိရ သည်။ ) a welterweight champion/contest.
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- ‘I'll clean up everything at light welter then I'll move up to welterweight and clean up there as well.’
- ‘Hearns put many outstanding fighters to sleep for the count of 10 with one right hand from welterweight up to super middleweight.’
- ‘Hearns is an all-time great anywhere from welterweight thru middleweight!’
- ‘He went on to win the light welter weight title the following year and five more at welterweight.’
- ‘At the 2003 Pan American Games, the USA qualified a spot in three divisions: featherweight, welterweight and super heavyweight.’
- ‘He has won titles at welterweight and middleweight.’
- ‘For four years there were no title fights for the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight or heavyweight crowns.’
- ‘A very knowledgeable student fills her in with the exact difference between the different weights in boxing including welterweight, which she hadn't asked for.’
- ‘The merciless street-fighter known as the ‘fists of stone’ went on to win world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.’
- ‘The 23-year-old will make his debut at welterweight on a dinner show in Middlesbrough on September 23.’
- ‘Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.’
- ‘Young had come into the ring weighing much more than his usual light-welterweight limit of ten stone, as Jones is a full welterweight, and more.’
- ‘I was also happy for Bouie Fischer, a man who had been in the fight game since Sugar Ray Robinson was a welterweight, and who was finally getting his due.’
- ‘He was a welterweight then, and is now only a light-middleweight, so that shows how well he has managed his weight.’
- ‘He began boxing when he was 11 years old and later turned professional, fighting for 17 years as a welterweight.’
- ‘I thought great, I can finally see how great Sugar Ray Robinson was as a welterweight, or how great Benny Leonard was.’
- ‘In boxing, Al Melo participated as a welterweight in the Olympics in 1924.’
- ‘Although Gavilan was a brilliant welterweight, he found the extra strength of the Hawaiian too tough a hurdle.’
- ‘During World War II, he competed as a welterweight for the Air Force, boxing in Australia and New Guinea.’
- ‘He was a legitimate welterweight who knocked out light heavyweights during his career.’
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