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Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds (14 st 4lb/90.72kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations, including the International Boxing Federation, ^[1] the International Boxing Organization,^[2], the World Boxing Association,^[3], the World Boxing Council,^[4] and the World Boxing Organization. ^[5] Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with heavyweight. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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: | ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. ... 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 International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... WBC logo mark “WBC” redirects here. ... The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. ...

Because this division has no maximum weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less (although others weighed 200 pounds and more). In 1920, the minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7 lb, 79 kg), which today is the light heavyweight division maximum. Today, for most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight is 200 pounds. Thus, a fighter whose weight is over 200 lbs may not fight as anything but a heavyweight Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and The World Boxing... Officially the pound is the name for at least three different units of mass: The pound (avoirdupois). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the weight division between cruiserweight over 175 pounds (79. ... Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. ...

It is impossible to say who the "first" heavyweight champion was, since the sport of boxing goes back as far as recorded history and there have always been large fighters. Even in the bare-knuckle era, "champions" were plentiful. Some of the most notable of these included the slave Tom Molineaux, Jack Slack, Jem Belcher, Ben Caunt and Jem Mace. See also bare-knuckle for other uses. ... Slave redirects here. ... Tom Molineaux (b. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... // Ben Caunt (22 March 1815 — 10 September 1861) was a 19th Century English bare-knuckle boxer who became the heavyweight boxing champion known as the Torkard Giant. ... Jem Mace (April 8, 1831 in Beeston, Norfolk - 1910 in Durham; buried in Liverpool) was a British heavyweight champion boxer. ...

The first heavyweight champion under the Marquess of Queensberry rules was John L. Sullivan, known as "The Boston Strong Boy." He weighed around 200 pounds when in shape and was a bare-knuckle champion. He was defeated by Jim Corbett on September 7, 1892, in 21 rounds. This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and The World Boxing... The Marquis of Queensbury rules are a code of popularly accepted rules in the sport of boxing. ... John Lawrence Sullivan in his prime. ... James John Corbett, born September 1, 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States – died February 18, 1933 in Bayside, New York, was a heavyweight boxing champion. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

It should also be noted that in recent years, the heavyweight title has become fractured amongst various sanctioning organizations, and so what was once known as the single "Heavyweight Champion," is now referred to as the "Undisputed Champion" as the one fighter that has defeated all the other titlists. In professional boxing, the term Undisputed Champion commonly refers to a boxer that has won and currently holds the titles of the most widely recognized world championship titles in a particular weight class: those recognized by the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association and the World Boxing Council. ...

Olympic champions

The weight limit for the heavyweight class has varied over the years. Currently the division weight paramaters encompass anyone above 81 kgs to 91 kgs (178.56 pounds to 200.62 pounds) [1]. Formerly, this division allowed anyone above 178 pounds to fight as a heavyweight. However, in 1984, the super heavyweight class was introduced as the unlimited category. That division is for fighters who weigh over 91 kgs. In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighting in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). ...

See also: Super heavyweight

• 1904 –  Samuel Berger (USA)
• 1908 –  Albert Oldman (GBR)
• 1920 –  Ronald Rawson (GBR)
• 1924 –  Otto von Porat (NOR)
• 1928 –  Arturo Rodríguez Jurado (ARG)
• 1932 –  Santiago Lovell (ARG)
• 1936 –  Herbert Runge (GER)
• 1948 –  Rafael Iglesias (ARG)
• 1952 –  Ed Sanders (USA)
• 1956 –  Pete Rademacher (USA)
• 1960 –  Franco De Piccoli (ITA)
• 1964 –  Joe Frazier (USA)
• 1968 –  George Foreman (USA)
• 1972 –  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
• 1976 –  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
• 1980 –  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
• 1984 –  Henry Tillman (USA)
• 1988 –  Ray Mercer (USA)
• 1992 –  Félix Savón (CUB)
• 1996 –  Félix Savón (CUB)
• 2000 –  Félix Savón (CUB)
• 2004 –  Odlanier Solis Fonte (CUB)

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Professional Champions

• List of heavyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and The World Boxing...

See also

• Boxing
• Boxing weight classes
• List of current world boxing champions

Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. ... 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: | ... // This is a list of current boxing world champions who are certified by the four major boxing sanctioning bodies[1] and The Ring magazine. ...

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