The Weight Class

There is the classification of fighters and this classification is based on the weight of a fighter because the weight of blow depends on the weight if a fighter and people recognize as the unfair fight the fight between two fighters of extremely different weight, which is why there is the classification. It is different for professional and amateur boxing.

There are 17 weight classes for professional boxers and the names of those classes different for each world or international organization. Here we are going to tell about those classes naming those like the WBC names those. So, from the lightest to the heaviest: strawweight (105 lb), light flyweight (108 lb), flyweight (112 lb), super flyweight (115 lb), bantamweight (118 lb), super bantamweight (122 lb), featherweight (126 lb), super featherweight (130 lb), lightweight (135 lb), super lightweight (140 lb), welterweight (147 lb), super welterweight (154 lb), middleweight (160 lb), super middleweight (168 lb), light heavyweight (175 lb), cruiserweight (200 lb), heavyweight (more than 200 lb).

And there are 11 weight classes of amateur boxing: light flyweight (47 kg), flyweight (51 kg), bantamweight (54 kg), featherweight (57 kg), lightweight (60 kg), light welterweight (64 kg), welterweight (69 kg), middleweight (75 kg), light heavyweight (81 kg), heavyweight (91 kg), super heavyweight more than 91 kg).

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NEWS

  1. They fight with each other and hey punch each other and the only thing they care about is a victory. It is like an ancient feeling that was the common feeling for all men, the feeling of aggression towards enemy, and the feeling of me-or-him. No, they are not animals or beasts or something, they are fighting men and fighting men never think about the pain.
  2. The age of boxer is not that long, it is usually never more than 20 years. See, in case he is in his late thirties it is high time for him to walk away the ring while he is a champion yet because the younger fighters come and they are twice stronger and active and they always win. Forty is too much for a boxer and he should be retired.
  3. There are five of such the organizations and those are: World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Federation (IBF), International Boxing Organization (IBO), World Business Council (WBC), and World Boxing Association (WBA). Those are five organizations that deal with boxing and rules of boxing and champions and so on.