Welterweight Boxing Weight Class

Boxing's glamour division at 147 pounds, home to many all-time greats.

Pounds

147 lbs

Kilos

66.7 kg

Stone

10 st 7 lb

WBC: Ryan Garcia

WBA: Rolando Romero

IBF: Lewis Crocker

WBO: Devin Haney

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Welterweight has been one of boxing's flagship divisions since the late 1800s and is one of the eight original classes.

The Four Kings era of the 1980s — Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Durán, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns — was anchored at and around 147 lbs.

Modern welterweight has featured Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford in the most lucrative fights of the era.

147 fighters often walk at 160–170 and use professional nutritionists for a 10-day water cut.