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Derek Williams (born 11 March 1965 [1]) is an English professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, Commonwealth heavyweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 206 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb (93.7 kg; 14 st 10.5 lb), to 257 lb (117 kg; 18 st 5 lb), i.e ...
The stone remains widely used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for human body weight: in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh, e.g., "11 stone 4" (11 stones and 4 pounds), rather than "72 kilograms" as in most of the other countries, or "158 pounds", the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US and in Canada. [38]
In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed 170 pounds (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight division was formed, with a maximum weight of 175 pounds (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb). Any fighter weighing more than 175 pounds was a heavyweight.
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.
14 st 0 lb (89 kg; 196 lb) 27: 8: Tom Winstanley: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 14 st 1 lb (89 kg; 197 lb) 26 Jim Gath: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 11 st 7 lb (73 kg; 161 lb) 21: 9: Billy Briers: 5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (169 cm) 11 st 11 lb (75 kg; 165 lb) 22 George Main: 5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (171 cm) 10 st 11 lb (68 kg; 151 lb) 21: 10: William Winstanley: 5 ft 7 in ...
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The division is for boxers weighing between 200 pounds (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) and 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb). The weight is named after six-year-old American Bridger Walker, who saved his four-year-old sister from a stray dog in July 2020. [2]
118 lb (53.5 kg) in 1860 by London Prize Ring Rules; 110 lb (49.9 kg) and 115 lb (52.2 kg) in 1889; established officially at 9 st (126.0 lb; 57.2 kg) in 1909 by NSC and standardized at 126 lb (57.2 kg) in 1920 by Walker Law