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Recent Examples of welterweight
Stevenson is moving up to 140 pounds to challenge Lopez for the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles in one of the premier matchups on the early 2026 boxing calendar.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Injuries derailed that plan, and he's seemingly taken a backseat as the welterweight division moves on.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
By the end of her professional career, Christy won the WBC super welterweight title in 2009 and later had a record of 49-7-3, including 31 knockouts.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Over a 24-year career in the boxing ring, Christy Martin became one of the best female fighters in the world — a Hall of Famer and super welterweight champion who fought 59 times and won 49, the majority by knockout.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Injuries derailed that plan, and he's seemingly taken a backseat as the welterweight division moves on.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
By the end of her professional career, Christy won the WBC super welterweight title in 2009 and later had a record of 49-7-3, including 31 knockouts.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Over a 24-year career in the boxing ring, Christy Martin became one of the best female fighters in the world — a Hall of Famer and super welterweight champion who fought 59 times and won 49, the majority by knockout.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welterweight
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But that won't be the only fight on the card worth watching, with unbeaten middleweights Misael Rodriguez and Austin Deanda set to battle, alongside a 130-pound clash between Julian Rodriguez and Cain Sandoval.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Big 12 is a league of middleweights and fine margins.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
29 Nov. 2025
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Sean O’Malley Back in the Win Column The former UFC bantamweight champion is back in the winners column after a two-year drought.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The bantamweight fighter released a video statement thanking fans for their support on Instagram later that day.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
24 Jan. 2026
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Bores, once an engineer at Palantir (the AI company involved in helping ICE), has earned the ire of his former bosses, and other tech bro heavyweights, by forcefully campaigning on regulation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here, that body includes an array of West Coast jazz heavyweights, including Carlos Niño on percussion; Nate Mercereau on guitar, percussion, and wind; and Sam Reid and Jamael Dean, both on piano.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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During his time with Cage Warriors, which spanned 2013 through 2021, Pimblett won and defended the CW featherweight title and fought for that promotion’s lightweight crown.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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New foams have enabled the creation of shoes that are simultaneously soft, fast, tall, and featherweight, bridging previous shoe categories—maximalist not only in form, but also function.—
Dean Stattmann,
Outside,
11 Nov. 2025
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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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Single-density foam works well for standard impacts and keeps the helmet lightweight and affordable.—
Adam Trenkamp,
Outside,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the lightweights, Cash McClurg (108 pounds) and Emilio Escobar (120) won titles, the latter winning 21-5 for a technical fall.—
Breven Honda,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 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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Hopefully, this is the last big-money distraction from what should be Paul’s proving ground as a cruiserweight, light heavyweight or even heavyweight pro.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Welterweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welterweight. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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