also: ライトウエルターきゅう
noun
light welterweight (boxing)
A weight class in boxing, between lightweight and welterweight. The term is used in Japanese boxing contexts.
彼はライトウェルター級のチャンピオンだ。
He is the light welterweight champion.
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).