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A catchweight may be agreed to for an individual bout—sometimes even for a championship bout—but championships are awarded only at the standard weight classes. For example, when Manny Pacquiao fought Antonio Margarito at a catch-weight of 150 lb (68 kg), the World Boxing Council sanctioned this as a title fight for jr. middleweight, whose ...
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.
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 ...
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes: The UFC 's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg ) The ONE Championship 's welterweight division, with upper limit at 83.9 kg (185.0 lb)
Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own ... Welterweight: 147 lb (66.7 kg) 170 lb (77.1 kg) 185 lb (83.9 kg)
Known as Boots, Ennis won 119-107, 117-109, 116-110 on the scorecards to retain the IBF welterweight championship. 'Boots' Ennis defends welterweight championship with unanimous decision win over ...
Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan. 54 Leigh Wood (Primary champion vacant) 12 Dec 2022 – 18 Feb 2023 0 55 Mauricio Lara: 18 Feb – 26 May 2023 0 Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood. [189] 56 Leigh Wood (2) (def ...
Early boxing champions at various weight divisions were established by acclamation between 1880 and 1920. Once a consensus champion had been awarded the title, the championship could usually be taken only by beating the reigning holder, establishing a lineal championship.