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Welterweight

Limit: 147 lb / 66.7 kg

The glamour division. Welterweight at 147 lb has produced more all-time top-10 pound-for-pound entries than any other class — Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, and now Terence Crawford have all held versions of the welterweight title. The 2023 Crawford-Spence unification was the first undisputed welterweight bout since Robinson in the 1940s.

Current world champions

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Eimantas Stanionis
wbc
Mario Barrios
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Jaron Ennis
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Brian Norman Jr.

Alternate division names

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Welterweight
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Welterweight
ibf
Welterweight
wbo
Welterweight

Legends of the division

Sugar Ray RobinsonHenry ArmstrongSugar Ray LeonardThomas HearnsPernell WhitakerFloyd Mayweather Jr.Manny PacquiaoTerence CrawfordErrol Spence Jr.

All-time top 10

  1. 1.Sugar Ray Robinson
  2. 2.Henry Armstrong
  3. 3.Sugar Ray Leonard
  4. 4.Floyd Mayweather Jr.
  5. 5.Manny Pacquiao
  6. 6.Terence Crawford
  7. 7.Pernell Whitaker
  8. 8.Thomas Hearns
  9. 9.Oscar De La Hoya
  10. 10.Errol Spence Jr.

Trivia

  • ▸Sugar Ray Robinson held the welterweight title from 1946 to 1951 with no defeats; he then moved up and added the middleweight title five times.
  • ▸Crawford became undisputed welterweight champion in 2023 by stopping Errol Spence Jr. in nine rounds — boxing's biggest unification since Lennox Lewis at heavyweight.
  • ▸Jaron 'Boots' Ennis is the youngest current welterweight world champion as of 2026.