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In amateur boxing, light welterweight is a weight class for fighters weighing up to 64 kilograms.For the 1952 Summer Olympics, the division was created when the span from 54 to 67 kg was changed from three weight classes (featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight) to four.
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
Light Middleweight: 147–154 lb (66.7 - 69.9 kg) Established in 1920 by Walker Law; recognized in 1962 Light Welterweight: 135–140 lb (61.2 - 63.5 kg) Established officially at 140 lb (63.5 kg) in 1920 by Walker Law; recognized in 1959 Super Featherweight: 126–130 lb (57.2 - 59 kg)
This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: . The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
Light Welterweight 142 lb (64.410 kg) Feminine / Masculine Welterweight 147 lb (66.678 kg) Feminine / Masculine Super Welterweight 153 lb (69.400 kg) Feminine / Masculine Light Middleweight 159 lb (72.121 kg) Feminine / Masculine Middleweight 165 lb (74.843 kg) Feminine / Masculine Super Middleweight 171 lb (77.564 kg)
Devin Haney claims a unanimous points victory over Regis Prograis to secure the WBC light-welterweight world title in San Francisco.
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 ...
Algieri vacated the title due to moving up and challenging WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. [61] 21 Terence Crawford (def. Thomas Dulorme) 18 Apr 2015 – 26 Oct 2017 6 Crawford vacated the title to move up to welterweight. [62] 22 Maurice Hooker (def. Terry Flanagan) 9 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2019 2 23 José Ramírez: 28 Jul 2019 – 22 ...