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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 ...
Bridgerweight, also known as super cruiserweight, is a weight class in professional boxing used by the World Boxing Council (WBC) since 2020 and the World Boxing Association (WBA) since 2023. [1] The division is for boxers weighing between 200 pounds (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) and 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb).
Argüello vacates the title to move up to lightweight. The title is declared vacant on WBC's ranking released on 1 November. [103] 10 Rafael Limón (def. Idelfonso Bethelmy) 11 Dec 1980 – 8 Mar 1981 0 11 Cornelius Boza-Edwards: 8 Mar – 29 Aug 1981 1 12 Rolando Navarrete: 29 Aug 1981 – 29 May 1982 1 13 Rafael Limón (2) 29 May – 11 Dec ...
Bridgerweight has been recognised by the WBC since November 2020, [13] and WBA since December 2023 under the "super cruiserweight" label, [14] but is not currently recognized by any other bodies. The date is that since which a continuous world title has been recognised by a major sanctioning body; some classes had earlier champions recognised ...
There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and ...
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Bridgerweight boxers today weigh between 200 (90.7 kg) and 224 pounds (102 kg). In earlier times the minimum weight was anything above 175 pounds for the heavyweight division, and many early heaviweight champions weighed under 200 pounds.
Lerena faced the former WBA (Regular) cruiserweight titleholder Ryad Merhy in a WBC bridgerweight title eliminator on May 13, 2023, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. [35] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 118–110, 116–112 and 115–113.