also: ライトウエルターきゅう
light welterweight (boxing)
A weight class in boxing, between lightweight and welterweight. The term is used in Japanese boxing contexts.
He is the light welterweight champion.
Standard spelling for the boxing weight class.
Variant spelling with ウエ instead of ウェ; less common but still used.
Loanword from English 'light welterweight' combined with the Japanese suffix 級 (class).