Professional Boxing
This table gives names and limits recognised by the four widely-regarded sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and the label used in Boxrec.com's data.
The date is that since which a continuous world title has been recognised by a major sanctioning body; some classes had earlier champions recognised intermittently or by minor bodies. One current weight class with only minor recognition is "super-cruiserweight"; widely used as an informal descriptor, it is a formal weight class of the lightly regarded (professional) International Boxing Association at a limit of 210 lb; the IBA's cruiserweight limit is 190 lb.
| Weight limit (lb / kg / stone) |
Continuous since |
WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | BoxRec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unlimited | 1885 | Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Heavyweight |
| 200 / 90.7 / 14 st 4 | 1980 | Cruiserweight | Cruiserweight | Cruiserweight | Junior heavyweight | Cruiserweight |
| 175 / 79.4 / 12½ st | 1913 | Light heavyweight | Light heavyweight | Light heavyweight | Light heavyweight | Light heavyweight |
| 168 / 76.2 / 12 st | 1984 | Super middleweight | Super middleweight | Super middleweight | Super middleweight | Super middleweight |
| 160 / 72.5 / 11 st 6 | 1884 | Middleweight | Middleweight | Middleweight | Middleweight | Middleweight |
| 154 / 69.9 / 11 st | 1962 | Super welterweight | Super welterweight | Junior middleweight | Junior middleweight | Light middleweight |
| 147 / 66.7 / 10½ st | 1914 | Welterweight | Welterweight | Welterweight | Welterweight | Welterweight |
| 140 / 63.5 / 10 st | 1959 | Super lightweight | Super lightweight | Junior welterweight | Junior welterweight | Light welterweight |
| 135 / 61.2 / 9 st 9 | 1886 | Lightweight | Lightweight | Lightweight | Lightweight | Lightweight |
| 130 / 59.0 / 9 st 4 | 1959 | Super featherweight | Super featherweight | Junior lightweight | Junior lightweight | Super featherweight |
| 126 / 57.2 / 9 st | 1889 | Featherweight | Featherweight | Featherweight | Featherweight | Featherweight |
| 122 / 55.3 / 8 st 10 | 1976 | Super bantamweight | Super bantamweight | Junior featherweight | Junior featherweight | Super bantamweight |
| 118 / 53.5 / 8 st 6 | 1894 | Bantamweight | Bantamweight | Bantamweight | Bantamweight | Bantamweight |
| 115 / 52.2 / 8 st 3 | 1980 | Super flyweight | Super flyweight | Junior bantamweight | Junior bantamweight | Super flyweight |
| 112 / 50.8 / 8 st | 1911 | Flyweight | Flyweight | Flyweight | Flyweight | Flyweight |
| 108 / 49.0 / 7 st 10 | 1975 | Light flyweight | Light flyweight | Junior flyweight | Junior flyweight | Light flyweight |
| 105 / 47.6 / 7½ st | 1987 | Minimumweight | Strawweight | Mini flyweight | Mini flyweight | Minimumweight |
Notes:
Read more about this topic: Boxing Weight Classes
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