![]() Catch wrestling įrom the 1870s to the 1910s, the weight limit was 10st 8lb (148lb) for Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestling under the rules of Sporting Chronicle (Manchester, England). This included Welterweight 11st 11 lb (165 lb or ~75 kg) An earlier system of weight classes with different levels and more divisions - including Welterweight - existed under the 1930 All-In rules. In the United Kingdom the 1947 Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules set out seven weight divisions with maximum weight limits and called for champions to be crowned of each limit. In Mexico, the lucha libre commission's definition of the welterweight weight class is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb). and Canada there was a 145lb limit in the early 20th century at least until the early 1920s. Since that time, amateur wrestling has named its weight classes by upper weight limit in kilograms. ![]() Prior to 1996, the weight limit for welterweight was 74kg/163lb in Olympic wrestling.
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