light welterweight
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6.1
- noun
- /laɪt ˈwɛltərweɪt/
- Specialized
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categoría superligera
- Morales this past March and securing the vacant WBC light welterweight title, he showed the world that he belonged among the top 140 pounders in the world.
- light welterweight title
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He does not look sensational, but Cotto never brought his power from light-welterweight.
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It was not ideal because I'm a light welterweight.
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I don't want to be going in with a middleweight; I want to be showing all the light welterweights out there what I can do to them.
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And whereas Rios is moving up in weight due to his conditioning struggles, Alvarado is a naturally large light welterweight who has fought above the welterweight limit in the past.
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Why would he want to defend against a light welterweight? Is it because he is now scared of welterweights as he can't fight for 3 minutes of every round? If you have a good strong welterweight, he might dominate Pacquiao.
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The 26-year-old light welterweight from Sedgefield is due to fight next month, November 30th, in Manchester MEN Arena on what will be his fifth outing in his first year in the professional ranks.
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I'd like to see Broner move up in weight now and go after Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse, or Lamont Peterson at light welterweight.
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The Philadelphia native then went on to shock the boxing world in July when he stopped heavy favorite Amir Khan in the fourth round of their fight to unify the WBC light welterweight and WBA Super World light welterweight titles.
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The Philadelphia native then went on to shock the boxing world in July when he stopped heavy favorite Amir Khan in the fourth round of their fight to unify the WBC light welterweight and WBA Super World light welterweight titles.
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He won the IBF light welterweight title in 1999, then defended the title with a knockout of Virgil McClendon.
Surface Forms
Morphology
light + welterweight
The meaning 'a weight division lighter than welterweight' is directly derivable from combining 'light' (indicating a lighter version) with 'welterweight' (a weight class). The modifier pattern (light + [weight class]) is productive in sports terminology and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Light welterweight is the name of a boxing weight class made from light + welterweight, showing it sits between lightweight and welterweight. So it means the 'weight division' for fighters heavier than lightweight but lighter than welterweight.