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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, and each boxer’s weight must not exceed the upper limit. Although professional boxers may fight above their weight class, an amateur boxer’s weight must not fall below the lower limit. A nonstandard weight limit is called a catchweight.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Weigh-in[edit]Culture[edit]History[edit]Glamour divisions[edit]Tweener divisions[edit]Catchweights[edit]Professional boxing[edit]Amateur boxing[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Weigh-in[edit]A boxer who is over the weight limit may strip naked to make the weight if the excess is minimal; otherwise, in a professional bout, one can try again later, typically after losing weight in the interim through dehydration by vigorous exercise in a steam room.  If the excess weight is too great, the effort expended trying to “make weight” will make the boxer unfit for the fight itself.  In such cases the fight may be cancelled with the over-weight boxer sanctioned or the fight may proceed as a catchweight non-title fight.The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has a unique weigh-in policy in title fights. In addition to making the weight at the official weigh-in the day before the fight, the boxers are required to submit to a weight check on the morning of the fight. During this later weigh-in, the fighter must weigh no more than 10 pounds (4.5\u00a0kg) above the weight limit for the fight. If a boxer skips the morning weigh-in, or fails to make weight at that time, the fight can still proceed, but the IBF title will not be at stake. In heavyweight title fights, the second weigh-in is still mandatory, but since there is no upper weight limit in that class, a boxer can only be sanctioned for failing to submit to the weigh-in.[2][3]An amateur boxer must make the weight at the initial weigh-in; there is no opportunity to try again later.[4] Boxers who fail to make their projected weights are eliminated from their bouts. If the boxer fails a drug test, they are eliminated from the bout as well. There is a “general weigh-in” before the start of the tournament and a “daily weigh-in” on the morning of each of a fighter’s bouts.[5] At the general weigh-in, the fighter must be between the weight class’s upper and lower limits; at the daily weigh-in only the upper limit is enforced.[5] A fighter outside the limit at the initial weigh-in may be allowed to fight in a different class if there is space in the tournament.[6] At major events such as boxing at the Olympics, there is a limit of one boxer per country per weight class.[7]Culture[edit]A boxer may fight different bouts at different weight classes. The trend for professionals is to move up to a higher class as they age, with muscle mass and bone density increasing over time. Winning titles at multiple weight classes to become a “multiple champion” is considered a major achievement.  In amateur boxing, bouts are much shorter and much more frequent, and boxers fight at their “natural” weight.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4One boxer is said to be better “pound for pound” than another if he is considered superior with due regard for their difference in weight. Theoretical comparisons of the merits of boxers in different weight classes are a popular topic for boxing fans, with a similar speculative appeal to comparing sports figures from different eras; in both cases, the competitors could never face each other in reality.History[edit]  A boxing match in 1914 between Freddie Welsh and Joe Rivers in Vernon, CaliforniaIn the early nineteenth century, there were no standard weight classes. In 1823, the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue said the limit for a “light weight” was 12 stone (168\u00a0lb, 76.2\u00a0kg) while Sportsman’s Slang the same year gave 11 stone (154\u00a0lb, 69.9\u00a0kg) as the limit.[8]Size mismatches were dangerous for the smaller boxer and unsatisfying for the spectators. National and world titles could only become recognised if standard weight classes were agreed upon.[9] Important sets of weight classes were those specified in 1909 by the National Sporting Club of London, and those contained in the 1920 Walker Law which established the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC).[10]After the split in the 1960s between the WBC and the WBA, the divisions were narrowed, creating more champions simultaneously, and making it easier for fighters to move between different weight divisions. Among the professional bodies, the names of the new divisions are not standardized between different sanctioning bodies, although the cutoff weights are.  These weights are specified in pounds, reflecting the historic dominance of Britain (and, later, the United States) in the sport.[citation needed]Glamour divisions[edit]Boxing has its own “Original Eight” weight divisions, also known as the “traditional”, “classic”, or “glamour” divisions. These divisions are the most prominent and widely recognized weight divisions in boxing. Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in the greatest number of the glamour divisions, winning championships in the flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight divisions.DivisionsWeightsYears establishedHeavyweight\u2265200\u00a0lb (90.7\u00a0kg)+160\u00a0lb (72.6\u00a0kg) in 1738 by Broughton’s Rules; established officially at +12\u00a0st (168.0\u00a0lb; 76.2\u00a0kg) in 1909 by National Sporting Club of London (NSC); +175\u00a0lb (79.4\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker Law; +190\u00a0lb (86.2\u00a0kg) in 1979 and finally +200\u00a0lb (90.7\u00a0kg) in 2003Light heavyweight168\u2013175\u00a0lb (76.2\u201379.4\u00a0kg)Established officially at 12\u00a0st (168.0\u00a0lb; 76.2\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and 175\u00a0lb (79.4\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawMiddleweight154\u2013160\u00a0lb (69.9\u201372.6\u00a0kg)Fights dating back to 1840s; established officially at 11\u00a0st (154.0\u00a0lb; 69.9\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and 160\u00a0lb (72.6\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawWelterweight140\u2013147\u00a0lb (63.5\u201366.7\u00a0kg)145\u00a0lb (65.8\u00a0kg) in 1889; established officially at 10\u00a0st (140.0\u00a0lb; 63.5\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and 147\u00a0lb (66.7\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawLightweight130\u2013135\u00a0lb (59.0\u201361.2\u00a0kg)160\u00a0lb (72.6\u00a0kg) in 1738 by Broughton’s Rules; 140\u00a0lb (63.5\u00a0kg) in 1889; established officially at 9+1\u20442\u00a0st (133.0\u00a0lb; 60.3\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and 135\u00a0lb (61.2\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawFeatherweight122\u2013126\u00a0lb (55.3\u201357.2\u00a0kg)118\u00a0lb (53.5\u00a0kg) in 1860 by London Prize Ring Rules; 110\u00a0lb (49.9\u00a0kg) and 115\u00a0lb (52.2\u00a0kg) in 1889; established officially at 9\u00a0st (126.0\u00a0lb; 57.2\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and standardized at 126\u00a0lb (57.2\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawBantamweight115\u2013118\u00a0lb (52.2\u201353.5\u00a0kg)105\u00a0lb (47.6\u00a0kg) in 1860 by London Prize Ring Rules; 116\u00a0lb (52.6\u00a0kg) in 1898; established officially at 8+1\u20442\u00a0st (119.0\u00a0lb; 54.0\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and 118\u00a0lb (53.5\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker LawFlyweight108\u2013112\u00a0lb (49.0\u201350.8\u00a0kg)Established officially at 8\u00a0st (112.0\u00a0lb; 50.8\u00a0kg) in 1909 by NSC and standardized at 112\u00a0lb (50.8\u00a0kg) in 1920 by Walker Law[10]Tweener divisions[edit]The newcomer weight divisions or “tweener divisions”, mostly recognized with either a “super”, “light” or “junior” in front of their names, took many years to be fully recognized as legitimate weight divisions in boxing. Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in four of these divisions; super bantamweight, super featherweight, light welterweight and light middleweight.Catchweights[edit]A nonstandard weight limit is called a catchweight.  A catchweight may be agreed to for an individual bout\u2014sometimes even for a championship bout\u2014but championships are awarded only at the standard weight classes. For example, when Manny Pacquiao fought Antonio Margarito at a catch-weight of 150 pounds, the World Boxing Council sanctioned this as a title fight for jr. middleweight, whose limit is 154 pounds.[11]Professional boxing[edit]This table gives names and limits recognised by the four widely regarded sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO),[12] the label used in Boxrec.com’s data, and by the magazines The Ring and Boxing News.Bridgerweight has been recognised by the WBC since November 2020, but is not currently recognised by any other bodies.[13]The date is that since which a continuous world title has been recognised by a major sanctioning body; some classes had earlier champions recognised intermittently or by minor bodies. One current weight class with only minor recognition is “super cruiserweight”; widely used as an informal descriptor, it is a formal weight class of the lightly regarded International Boxing Association at a limit of 210\u00a0lb; the IBA’s cruiserweight limit is 190\u00a0lb.[14]Amateur boxing[edit]When the (amateur) International Boxing Association (AIBA) was founded in 1946 to govern amateur boxing, it metricated the weight class limits by rounding them to the nearest kilogram. Subsequent alterations as outlined in the boxing at the Summer Olympics article; these have introduced further discrepancies between amateur and professional class limits and names.  The lower weight classes are to be adjusted in September 2010, to establish an absolute minimum weight for adult boxers.[1]Amateur weight classes also specify the minimum weight (which the same as the maximum weight of the next highest class).[1] For safety reasons, fighters cannot fight at a higher weight. This also meant that even the heaviest weight class has a limit, albeit a lower bound.  The lower limit for “heavyweight” was established in 1948 at 81\u00a0kg. When a new limit of 91+\u00a0kg was established in 1984, the name “heavyweight” was kept by the 81+\u00a0kg class, and the 91+\u00a0kg class was named “super heavyweight”, a name not currently used in professional boxing.Classes are as follows:[15]Class nameWeight class limit (kg\/lbs)MenWomenJuniorSuper heavyweightUnlimited\u2014\u2014Heavyweight92\u00a0kg (202.8\u00a0lb; 14.5\u00a0st)UnlimitedUnlimitedCruiserweight86\u00a0kg (189.6\u00a0lb; 13.5\u00a0st)\u2014\u2014Light heavyweight80\u00a0kg (176.4\u00a0lb; 12.6\u00a0st)81\u00a0kg (178.6\u00a0lb; 12.8\u00a0st)80\u00a0kg (176.4\u00a0lb; 12.6\u00a0st)Middleweight75\u00a0kg (165.3\u00a0lb; 11.8\u00a0st)75\u00a0kg (165.3\u00a0lb; 11.8\u00a0st)75\u00a0kg (165.3\u00a0lb; 11.8\u00a0st)Light middleweight71\u00a0kg (156.5\u00a0lb; 11.2\u00a0st)70\u00a0kg (154.3\u00a0lb; 11.0\u00a0st)70\u00a0kg (154.3\u00a0lb; 11.0\u00a0st)Welterweight67\u00a0kg (147.7\u00a0lb; 10.6\u00a0st)66\u00a0kg (145.5\u00a0lb; 10.4\u00a0st)66\u00a0kg (145.5\u00a0lb; 10.4\u00a0st)Light welterweight63.5\u00a0kg (140.0\u00a0lb; 10.0\u00a0st)63\u00a0kg (138.9\u00a0lb; 9.9\u00a0st)63\u00a0kg (138.9\u00a0lb; 9.9\u00a0st)Lightweight60\u00a0kg (132.3\u00a0lb; 9.4\u00a0st)60\u00a0kg (132.3\u00a0lb; 9.4\u00a0st)60\u00a0kg (132.3\u00a0lb; 9.4\u00a0st)Featherweight57\u00a0kg (125.7\u00a0lb; 9.0\u00a0st)57.5\u00a0kg (126.8\u00a0lb; 9.1\u00a0st)57\u00a0kg (125.7\u00a0lb; 9.0\u00a0st)Bantamweight54\u00a0kg (119.0\u00a0lb; 8.5\u00a0st)55\u00a0kg (121.3\u00a0lb; 8.7\u00a0st)54\u00a0kg (119.0\u00a0lb; 8.5\u00a0st)Light bantamweight\u2014\u201452\u00a0kg (114.6\u00a0lb; 8.2\u00a0st)Flyweight51\u00a0kg (112.4\u00a0lb; 8.0\u00a0st)52.5\u00a0kg (115.7\u00a0lb; 8.3\u00a0st)50\u00a0kg (110.2\u00a0lb; 7.9\u00a0st)Light flyweight\u201450\u00a0kg (110.2\u00a0lb; 7.9\u00a0st)48\u00a0kg (105.8\u00a0lb; 7.6\u00a0st)Pinweight46\u201348\u00a0kg (101.4\u2013105.8\u00a0lb; 7.2\u20137.6\u00a0st)45\u201347.5\u00a0kg (99.2\u2013104.7\u00a0lb; 7.1\u20137.5\u00a0st)44\u201346\u00a0kg (97.0\u2013101.4\u00a0lb; 6.9\u20137.2\u00a0st)At the Olympics, each weight class is a separate single-elimination tournament awarding one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in each weight class. The event format is geared so that the finals of all represented weight classes are held over the last two days of the competition, entrants that fail to win on the penultimate day being the Bronze medal recipients with the finals deciding Gold and Silver on the final day, all of the bouts are scheduled in ascending order of weight with the super heavyweight final last of all.Each weight class conducts preliminary and qualification bouts, for all represented classes where the number of entrants requires multiple match-ups before the finals, with the match-ups of the lightest weight class requiring such fighting first and continuing with each subsequent higher weight class as required, further, second, third and fourth round match-ups may be required to complete the schedule using the same weight class progression to ultimately reach the final[16]See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c AIBA, Technical & Competition Rules, \u00a71.2 & Appendix K^ “Weigh-In Ceremonies” (PDF). Rules for IBF, USBA & Intercontinental Championship and Elimination Bouts. International Boxing Federation\/United States Boxing Association. April 2, 2014. pp.\u00a05\u20136. Retrieved February 10, 2018.^ Rafael, Dan (2017-03-18). “Daniel Jacobs blows off weight check, can’t win IBF title vs. Gennady Golovkin”. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.^ AIBA, Technical & Competition Rules, \u00a76.1^ a b AIBA, Technical & Competition Rules, \u00a75.1^ AIBA, Technical & Competition Rules, \u00a76^ AIBA, Technical & Competition Rules, \u00a72.2^ Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “light weight”.^ Kelsey McCarson (December 1, 2017). “Breaking Down Each Boxing Weight Class”. BleacherReport.^ a b c “Weight Divisions History & Guide”. Pro Boxing-fans.^ Guzman, Francisco (13 November 2009). “Miguel Cotto ready to put out his fire power”. BraggingRightsCorner. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012. Pacquiao is also given the chance to fight for the WBO welterweight title despite the catchweight issue.^ “Boxing Champions”. ESPN.com. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2022.^ Rivera, Miguel (November 9, 2020). “WBC Prez Says New Weight Division, 200-224, Will Be Called ‘Bridger’“. BoxingScene.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: url-status (link)^ Men’s champions Archived 2010-01-10 at the Wayback Machine International Boxing Association^ “AIBA TECHNICAL & COMPETITION RULES” (PDF). Iba.sport. 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