Boxing Weight Classes

Boxing weight classes are a way of ensuring that boxers of similar size and weight are matched up. While one can argue that a true champion would fight anyone, fighting within one's weight class makes for better fights. Bigger boxers have more natural weight behind their punches. Heavyweights tend to inflict more knockouts but the fighters tend to be slower. Featherweights, on the other hand, are blindingly fast. Dividing up boxing into weight classes helped to reduce the number of lop sided victories and the ability of boxers to pick on smaller opponents.

It is not uncommon for boxers to move into and out of weight classes. As they grow older, they could move from middleweight to light heavyweight in order to challenge themselves more or to take a title in two different weight classes. Nothing says one has to stay in one class for one's entire career. If one can add or lose the weight, one can fight in whatever class one wants.

What are the Boxing Weight Classes?

Boxing Weight Divisions

  Pounds Kilograms Stones & Pounds

Strawweight

Under 105lbs -47.63 -7st 7lbs

Light-Flyweight

108lbs 49.99 7st 10lbs

Flyweight

112lbs 50.80 8st

Super Flyweight

115lbs 52.16 8st 3lbs

Bantamweight

118lbs 53.42 8st 6lbs

Super Bantamweight

122lbs 55.34 8st 10lbs

Featherweight

126lbs 57.15 9st

Super Featherweight

130lbs 58.97 9st 4lbs

Lightweight

135lbs 61.23 9st 9lbs

Light-Welterweight

140lbs 63.50 10st

Welterweight

147lbs 66.68 10st 7lbs

Light-Middleweight

154lbs 69.85 11st

Middleweight

160lbs 72.58 11st 6lbs

Super Middleweight

168lbs 76.20 12st

Light-Heavyweight

175lbs 79.38 12st 7lbs

Cruiserweight

190lbs 86.18 13st 8lbs

Heavyweight

Over 190lbs +86.18 +13st 8lbs

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