welter-weight

If Treble Ann had been born a boy, she woulda been a champ welter-weight.

Good Country. People. Heather Fowler 2011

I was ready to call it for her, like a ref putting a battered welter-weight out of his misery.

Jewell Rae Jeffers: Year of the Rat: Nutritional Guidance for the 2008 Presidential Election: Hillary's Black and Bleu Salad 2008

That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear; but, at last, we got him down in the bottom of the buggy and drove away.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

It was not a crushing weight, such as an operation, or seeing one's best friend off to live in Tasmania; nor was it anything so light as a committee meeting, or a deaf uncle to tea: it was a kind of welter-weight doom.

Mrs. Miniver 1939

American welter-weight scrapper, succeeded in stopping

Piccadilly Jim 1928

A very important part of Mr. Silas Linden lay in those hands, for he had been a professional boxer, and at one time was fancied for the welter-weight honours of England.

The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

A very important part of Mr. Silas Linden lay in those hands, for he had been a professional boxer, and at one time was fancied for the welter-weight honours of England.

The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

In fact, boxing was this young man's diversion, and the Coster on several occasions expressed great regret that writing and politics had robbed the ring of one who showed promise of being the cleverest welter-weight of his time.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear; but, at last, we got him down in the bottom of the buggy and drove away.

The Ransom of Red Chief 1907

As elephants go, he wouldn't have made the welter-weight class by about a ton.

Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907