Junior Welterweight (Noun)
Meaning
Weighs no more than 140 pounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The champion's next fight will be against a top-ranked challenger in the junior welterweight division, weighing no more than 140 pounds.
- As a junior welterweight, Maria weighed no more than 140 pounds and had been training to face the current titleholder.
- After a successful amateur career, he turned professional and began competing in the junior welterweight class, where the weight limit was 140 pounds.
- The boxing match was set for the junior welterweight division, with both fighters required to weigh no more than 140 pounds on the day of the fight.
- In order to qualify for the junior welterweight tournament, boxers needed to weigh no more than 140 pounds at the pre-bout weigh-in.