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Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports . Originally the term " welterweight " was used only in ___MASK31___ , but other combat sports like Muay Thai , taekwondo and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents . In most sports that use it , welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight . The Commonwealth Games ( known as the British Empire Games from 1930  1950 , the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954  1966 , and British Commonwealth Games from 1970  1974 ) is an international , multi - ___MASK79___ event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations . The event was first held in 1930 , and , with the exception of 1942 and 1946 , which were cancelled due to World War II , has taken place every four years since then . Bolat Niyazymbetov ( born September 19 , 1972 ) is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer . He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics . Light welterweight , also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight , is a weight class in combat sports . Lightweight is a weight class in the sports of ___MASK31___ , kickboxing , mixed martial arts , and rowing . A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third - place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games , Commonwealth Games , etc . The outright winner receives a gold medal and the second place a silver medal . More generally , bronze is traditionally the most common metal used for all types of high - quality medals , including artistic ones . The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St . Louis , Missouri , prior to which only first and second places were awarded . Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size . This reduces the exclusion of smaller athletes in sports where physical size gives a significant advantage . Weight classes are used in a variety of sports , especially combat sports ( such as ___MASK31___ , wrestling , and mixed martial arts ). A combat ___MASK79___ , or fighting ___MASK79___ , is a competitive ___MASK69___ with one - on - one combat . Determining the winner depends on the particular contest ' s rules . In many fighting sports , a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent or by disabling the opponent . ___MASK31___ , wrestling , Muay Thai , Tae Kwon Do , Judo , Brazilian Jiu - jitsu , Sambo , and Mixed Martial Arts are examples of combat sports .