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Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between 126 pounds (57 kg) and 130 pounds (59 kg). The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded [ clarification needed ] by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) in ...
In boxing, a weight class is a measurement weight range for boxers. The lower limit of a weight class is equal to the upper weight limit of the class below it. The top class, with no upper limit, is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight [1] in amateur boxing. A boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class ...
Weight class name Upper limit Flyweight 50 kg (110.2 lb) Super Flyweight 52 kg (114.6 lb) Bantamweight 54 kg (119.0 lb) Super Bantamweight 56 kg (123.5 lb) Featherweight 58 kg (127.9 lb) Super Featherweight 60 kg (132.3 lb) Lightweight 62 kg (136.7 lb) Light Welterweight 64 kg (141.1 lb) Welterweight 67 kg (147.7 lb)
Stevenson lost his unified super featherweight title on the scale last week — more on that in a bit — and is now an ex-champion in search of the biggest challenges in his newest division.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
This is a list of Super featherweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.
Donaire vacates the title to move up to super bantamweight. [140] 29 Shinsuke Yamanaka (def. Christian Esquivel) 6 Nov 2011 – 15 Aug 2017 12 30 Luis Nery: 15 Aug 2017 – 28 Feb 2018 0 Nery was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his rematch against Shinsuke Yamanaka. [141] 31 Nordine Oubaali (def. Rau'shee Warren)
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, ... (Super) 5: 5 [11] 8. ... a featherweight division is up to 65 kg ...