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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 ...
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of 126 pounds (57 kg). In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. For men's edition, see List of current world boxing champions.
Women: Crew average 57 kg (125.7 lb) – no rower over 59 kg (130.1 lb) For single sculls , the limits are 72.5 kg (159.8 lb) for men and 59 kg (130.1 lb) for women. Originally, lightweight rowing was a introduced as a category at the 1996 Summer Olympics , due to countries with athletes of smaller average stature competing with an unfair ...
Manny Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes from flyweight to super welterweight while becoming one of boxing's biggest draws, was elected Thursday to the International Boxing ...
Weight Classes – Elite Women [18] Light flyweight (106 pounds, 48 kg) Flyweight (112 pounds, 51 kg) – Olympic Weight Class; Bantamweight (119 pounds, 54 kg) Featherweight (125 pounds, 57 kg) Lightweight (132 pounds, 60 kg) – Olympic Weight Class; Light welterweight (141 pounds, 64 kg) Welterweight (152 pounds, 69 kg)
The current weight limit for the division is 200 pounds (90.7 kg; 14 st 4.0 lb). When originally established, the weight limit was 190 pounds (86.2 kg; 13 st 8.0 lb). The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division.
In women's boxing and junior amateur boxing pinweight is, or has been, a weight class for boxers weighing in under 102 pounds (46 kg) (before 2003, 45 kg).. In September 2010 the women's class in amateur boxing was partly merged into an extended 45–48 kg light flyweight division, with women weighing less than 45 kg excluded from competition.