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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 ...
In amateur boxing, light welterweight is a weight class for fighters weighing up to 64 kilograms.For the 1952 Summer Olympics, the division was created when the span from 54 to 67 kg was changed from three weight classes (featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight) to four.
Weight class name Upper limit Lightweight 61 kg (134.5 lb) Super Lightweight 64 kg (141.1 lb) Welterweight 67 kg (147.7 lb) Super Welterweight 70 kg (154.3 lb) Middleweight 73 kg (160.9 lb) Super Middleweight 76 kg (167.6 lb) Heavyweight 91 kg (200.6 lb)
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term welterweight was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. If used, welterweight is typically between lightweight and middleweight.
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
2.9 Super lightweight/Junior welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) ... This is a list of current male world boxing champions. ... a boxer's weight must not exceed the upper ...
2.7 Super Welterweight (154 lbs - 69.85 kg) 2.8 ... This is a list of current men's professional boxing ... There are 18 weight classes ranging from Heavyweight to ...
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez ...