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Recent Examples of welterweight
Cooking for heavyweights such as Joseph Parker, who introduced him to Fury, is one challenge, but helping American former world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr, who had to battle to make 147lbs, was a different project.
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Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
But unfortunately not in a good way for the San Antonio welterweight.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
Tonight, Garcia takes on Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
The next match will take place on Sunday, February 1, at the same venue, headlined by junior welterweights Diego Torres against Jose Valenzuela.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
But unfortunately not in a good way for the San Antonio welterweight.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
Tonight, Garcia takes on Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
The next match will take place on Sunday, February 1, at the same venue, headlined by junior welterweights Diego Torres against Jose Valenzuela.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welterweight
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Last February, the Mexican super middleweight signed a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season that was widely reported to be worth $400 million.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bimota has also added a titanium Akrapovič silencer to the middleweight.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
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Rousey became the most famous woman in the history of mixed martial arts, won and lost the UFC bantamweight title, retired, joined the WWE, retired again.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Yorba Linda bantamweight beat the clock in November, needing just 60 hours to somehow get all his affairs in order and fly to New York to pull off a massive upset in his UFC debut.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2026
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Among the Italian heavyweights, Zegna is absent, having decided to show its spring 2027 collection in Los Angeles on June 5, as reported.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Beulah is the local heavyweight of Rio Paloma, a multi-generation rancher with a palatial home to match.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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His jaw-dropping victorious clash with Doo-Ho Choi was not only Fight of the Night at UFC 206, it was voted 2016’s Fight of the Year and propelled both featherweights into the UFC Hall of Fame.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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Women’s world featherweight champion Shoko Nakajima currently sits on top of the division, but there are several others who are making waves and could certainly contend for the title in months and weeks to come.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The two flyweights went to war in an effort to capture this season’s Ultimate Fighter crown.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Park previously had a fight scheduled on Aug. 9 against ex-world title challenger and No. 10 flyweight Steve Erceg.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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Although lightweight, the shoe doesn’t compromise on support — it’s designed with a memory foam sole that absorbs impact and provides an extra layer of padding.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed junior featherweight championship against Junto Nakatani in Tokyo, while Gilberto Ramirez puts his WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles on the line against David Benavidez in a DAZN PPV from Las Vegas.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The matchup marks a major escalation in competition for Paul (12-1, seven KOs), who turned professional in 2020 and entered the WBA’s cruiserweight rankings at No. 14 in July.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Welterweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welterweight. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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