welterweight• He even boxed as a welterweight until his hands became too mangled to keep fighting.• In the co-feature, former world champion Pernell Whitaker won a unanimousdecision over Andrei Pestriaev in a welterweightbout.• De La Hoya, 26, has won world titles in three divisions: lightweight, light-welter and welterweight.• But ex-light welterweightchamp Terry is worried about his brother's children.• Boxing: Goldmedals are awarded in light flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight.• The 25-year-old Dublin soldier had been virtually written off in the welterweight division.
Originwelterweight
(1800-1900)welter“heavy rider or boxer”((19-20 centuries)) (probably from welt“to hit”((19-20 centuries))) + weight