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calamaro's unfortunate thread got locked, but he was asking about
the term "welterweight" possibly originating from a breed of fighting rooster from the Philippines. http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=676470 I think he may have been thinking of the term "bantamweight": The term was based on rather smallish roosters that had become associated with the Javan province of Bantam, although it seems the birds weren't at all indigenous to Bantam, but instead native to the Philippines and perhaps Sumatra. The term "welterweight" seems to have derived from slang "welter", denoting agile street-fighters: so named for the bruises (or "welts") they inflicted on their victims. Interestingly, the term "welterweight" as a sport weightclass was first adopted for equestrians, before it was applied to boxers. hth, calamaro. Last edited by horge; 05-06-2015 at 08:00 AM. |
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