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Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Featherweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 125 pounds between 1889 and 1921.
The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. [1] The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir–Frank ...
The WBA and WBC have often changed the status of their inactive champions to a "Champion in Recess" or "Champion Emeritus". World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States.
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the featherweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for featherweights was first contested at 126 lb (57 kg), but was lowered to 125 lb (57 kg) in 1967.
Clive, Iowa, United States Win 12–6 Ramiro Hernandez TKO (doctor stoppage) The Fight Series May 18, 2018: 2 5:00 West Des Moines, Iowa, United States Won the TFS Featherweight Championship. Win 11–6 Will Shutt TKO (head kick) Ascendancy FC 16 March 24, 2018: 1 3:33 Clive, Iowa, United States Defended the Ascendancy FC Featherweight ...
Troy Glenn Dorsey (born November 19, 1962) is a former U.S. boxer and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions. Known predominantly for his physical endurance and power, Dorsey began his martial arts training in karate and taekwondo at the age of ten before later making the switch to full contact kickboxing.
Laporte then fought future world champion Rocky Lockridge in 1981 at Las Vegas, scoring a second-round knockout to become the United States Featherweight champion. Given a second title shot, this time by the WBA , Laporte met the also legendary world featherweight champion Eusebio Pedroza in 1982, losing a close and controversial unanimous ...