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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Weight class in combat sports Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above 154 lb (70 kg) and up to 160 lb (73 kg). Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation ...
190 lb (86.2 kg) in 1979; changed to 200 lb (90.7 kg) in 2003 Super Middleweight: 160–168 lb (72.6 - 76.2 kg) Established and recognized in 1967–1988 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)
The middleweight division in mixed martial arts refers to different weight classes: The UFC 's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg ) The Shooto 's middleweight class, which refers to competitors between 155 and 170 lb (70.3 and 77.1 kg)
For a variety of reasons (largely historical), weight classes of the same name can be of vastly different weights. For example, a boxing middleweight weighs up to 72 kg (160 lb), an ISKA middleweight upper limit is 75 kg (165 lb), and a K-1 middleweight upper limit is 70 kg (154 lb).
145 lb (65.8 kg) Lightweight: 155 lb (70.3 kg) Super lightweight: 165 lb (74.8 kg) Welterweight: 170 lb (77.1 kg) Super welterweight: 175 lb (79.4 kg) Middleweight: 185 lb (83.9 kg) Super middleweight: 195 lb (88.5 kg) Light heavyweight: 205 lb (93.0 kg) Cruiserweight: 225 lb (102.1 kg) Heavyweight: 265 lb (120.2 kg) Super heavyweight: No limit
The 1947 Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules set out seven weight divisions with maximum weight limits and called for champions to be crowned of each limit: Lightweight: 11st (154 lb or ~70 kg), Welterweight 11st 11 lb (165 lb or ~75 kg), Middleweight 12st 8 lb (176 lb or ~80 kg), Heavy Middleweight 13st 5 lb (187 lb or ~85 kg), Light Heavyweight ...
There was interest in a division between middleweight and light heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s. A few states briefly recognized a "Junior Light Heavyweight" division at 167 pounds (76 kg) and the fringe World Athletic Association (WAA) later inaugurated a "super middleweight" division at 168 pounds (76 kg).
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA and WBC), is a weight division in professional boxing, above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 kg (147–154 pounds).