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A boxing match in 1914 between Freddie Welsh and Joe Rivers in Vernon, California. In 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 lb, 76.2 kg) while Sportsman's Slang the same year gave 11 stone (154 lb, 69.9 kg) as the ...
The super lightweight, super welterweight, super middleweight, and cruiserweight classes were added in July 2017. ... Featherweight: 145 lb (65.8 kg) Lightweight: 155 ...
In kickboxing, a featherweight fighter generally weighs between 55 and 59 kg (121 and 130 lb). However, some governing bodies have slightly different classes. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) featherweight division (professional and amateur) is between 122.1–127 lb (55.4–57.6 kg).
Junior Featherweight 55.34: 122 Featherweight 57.15: 126 Junior Lightweight 58.97: 130 Lightweight 61.24: 135 Junior Welterweight 63.5: 140 Welterweight 66.68: 147 Junior Middleweight 69.85: 154 Middleweight 73.03: 161 Super Middleweight 76.2: 168 Light Heavyweight 79.38: 175 Junior Heavyweight 82.55: 182 Cruiserweight 86.18: 190 Heavyweight 95 ...
For the sake of uniformity, most American mixed martial arts media outlets consider Featherweight competitors to be between 136 and 145 lb (60 and 66 kg). King of the Cage (KOTC) refers to its 145 lb (66 kg) division as bantamweight whereas Shooto refers to its 143 lb (65 kg) division as lightweight.
Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports including rowing, weight lifting, and especially combat sports [1] such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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The PFL currently puts on fights across six weight-divisions: featherweight, women's lightweight, lightweight, welterweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. In addition to this, there is also a ‘Super Fight’ division, which isn't defined by weight, but instead is based on the status and name value of individuals who compete in it.