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Encyclopedia > Boxing weight classes

Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:

Weight WBA WBC IBF WBO BoxRec
201+ lb (91.4+ kg) Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight
176 to 200 lb (90.7 kg) Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Junior heavyweight Cruiserweight
169 to 175 lb (79.4 kg) Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight
161 to 168 lb (76.2 kg) Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight
155 to 160 lb (72.6 kg) Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight
148 to 154 lb (69.9 kg) Super welterweight Super welterweight Junior middleweight Junior middleweight Light middleweight
141 to 147 lb (66.7 kg) Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight
136 to 140 lb (63.5 kg) Super lightweight Super lightweight Junior welterweight Junior welterweight Light welterweight
131 to 135 lb (61.2 kg) Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight
127 to 130 lb (59.0 kg) Super featherweight Super featherweight Junior lightweight Junior lightweight Super featherweight
123 to 126 lb (57.2 kg) Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight
119 to 122 lb (55.3 kg) Super bantamweight Super bantamweight Junior featherweight Junior featherweight Super bantamweight
116 to 118 lb (53.5 kg) Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight
113 to 115 lb (52.2 kg) Super flyweight Super flyweight Junior bantamweight Junior bantamweight Super flyweight
109 to 112 lb (50.8 kg) Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight
106 to 108 lb (49.0 kg) Light flyweight Light flyweight Junior flyweight Junior flyweight Light flyweight
96 to 105 lb (47.6 kg) Minimumweight Strawweight Mini flyweight Mini flyweight Minimumweight

Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the sanctioning organizations currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. ... Boxrec. ... Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. ... Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. ... In boxing, the division between heavyweight over 175 pounds (79. ... A weight division in professional boxing, first established in the 1980s but made popular in the 1990s by British superstars Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn who took over from Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard as long-reigning WBO and WBC world Super-Middleweight champions respectively. ... Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... A weight division in professional boxing made popular in recent times by the likes of Thomas Hearns, Julian Jackson and Terry Norris, although the best that the division had to offer was probably lesser star Mike McCallum. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... The lightweight division is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. ... Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ... Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ... Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... Junior featherweight also known as light featherweight and super bantamweight is a weight class in boxing weighing between 118 to 122 pounds, It is in between bantamweight and featherweight. ... The term bantamweight usually refers to a class in boxing or boxers who weigh between 112 and 118 pounds. ... Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (50 kg) but above 108 lb. ... Light flyweight, also known as Junior Flyweight is a weight class is professional boxing between 105 lb. ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... Minimumweight or Strawweight is a weight category in boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (7. ... Strawweight is a weight category in boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds. ... Minimumweight or Strawweight is a weight category in boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (7. ... Boxing at the Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event. ...

Category Weight (up to)
Super heavyweight 91+ kg (200+ lb)
Heavyweight 91 kg (200 lb)
Light heavyweight 81 kg (178 lb)
Middleweight 75 kg (165 lb)
Welterweight 69 kg (152 lb)
Light welterweight 64 kg (141 lb)
Lightweight 60 kg (132 lb)
Featherweight 57 kg (125 lb)
Bantamweight 54 kg (119 lb)
Flyweight 51 kg (112 lb)
Light flyweight 48 kg (106 lb)

Superheavyweight is a olympic (amateur) weight class division in the sport of boxing. ... Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... In boxing, the division between heavyweight over 175 pounds (79. ... Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Reigning boxing champions Categories: | ... The lightweight division is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. ... Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ... The term bantamweight usually refers to a class in boxing or boxers who weigh between 112 and 118 pounds. ... Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (50 kg) but above 108 lb. ... Light flyweight, also known as Junior Flyweight is a weight class is professional boxing between 105 lb. ...

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Weight class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (375 words)
Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size.
Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports (such as boxing, judo, wrestling, and mixed martial arts).
It is generally considered an advantage to be the largest individual in a weight division, therefore some athletes will work hard to lose weight through dieting and dehydration prior to weigh-ins.
Boxing History Secrets Boxing News (3214 words)
Boxing is a sport in which two fighters battle with their fists.
Boxing began thousands of years ago, and for much of its history was an extremely brutal sport.
Boxing was a brutal spectacle in ancient Greece.
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