Heavyweight vs. Welterweight — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Heavyweight and Welterweight
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Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents.
Heavyweight
One of above average weight.
Welterweight
A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 147 pounds (66.1 kilograms), between junior welterweight and junior middleweight.
Heavyweight
The heaviest weight division in professional boxing, having no upper limit, with contestants usually weighing more than 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms).
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Welterweight
A boxer competing in this weight division.
Heavyweight
A boxer competing in this weight division.
Welterweight
A contestant in various other sports in a similar weight division.
Heavyweight
A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
Welterweight
Alternative spelling of welter-weight
Heavyweight
A contestant in this weight division.
Welterweight
Alternative spelling of welter-weight
Heavyweight
(Informal) A person of great importance or influence.
Welterweight
A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.
Heavyweight
A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
An intellectual heavyweight
Welterweight
A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight.
Heavyweight
The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
Welterweight
A weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeple chase or hurdle race)
Heavyweight
A similar division and contestant in other sports.
Welterweight
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
Heavyweight
Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
Welterweight
A wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
Heavyweight
Being relatively heavy.
Welterweight
A professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
Heavyweight
Being a leader in one's field.
Heavyweight
Important or impressive.
Heavyweight
Heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer.
Heavyweight
A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.
Heavyweight
A boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds.
Heavyweight
A very large person.
Heavyweight
A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
Heavyweight
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
Heavyweight
A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
Heavyweight
A professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
Heavyweight
A very large person; impressive in size or qualities
Heavyweight
A person of exceptional importance and reputation
Heavyweight
Heaviest in a category or of a heavyweight category (more than 190 pounds for prizefighters);
A heavyweight boxer
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