Weight Class of Boxing

1.  Heavyweight
2.  Cruiserweight / Junior Heavyweight
3.  Light Heavyweight
4.  Super Middleweight
5.  Middleweight
6.  Light Middleweight / Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight 
7.  Welterweight
8.  Super Lightweight / Junior Welterweight / Light Welterweight
9.  Lightweight
10.Super Featherweight / Junior Lightweight
11.Featherweight
12.Super Bantamweight / Junior Featherweight
13.Bantamweight
14.Super Flyweight / Junior bantamweight
15.Flyweight
16.Light Flyweight / Junior Flyweight
17.Minimumweight / Strawweight / Mini Flyweight

Minimumweight / Strawweight / Mini Flyweight

Minimumweight (also referred to as strawweight or mini flyweight) is a weight category in professional boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (48 kg). This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990. It is comparable with the Olympic boxing weight category known as Light Flyweight.

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Light Flyweight / Junior Flyweight

Light Flyweight, also known as Junior Flyweight, is a boxing weight class.

The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this weight class. However, on January 19, 1922, the NBA decided to withdraw recognition of the junior flyweight division. On December 31, 1929, the New York State Athletic Commission also abolished the junior flyweight class. No champion had been crowned in this division prior to its abolition.[1]

The World Boxing Council (WBC) decided to resurrect this division in the 1970s. The first champion in this division was Franco Udella, who won the WBC title in 1975. The World Boxing Association also crowned its first champion in 1975, when Jaime Rios defeated Rigoberto Marcano via fifteen-round decision. The first International Boxing Federation champion was Dodie Boy Penalosa, who won the belt in 1983.

The first light flyweight "superfight" took place on March 13, 1993, when Michael Carbajal, the IBF champion, knocked out WBC champion Humberto González to unify the championship. Their rematch, on February 19, 1994, was the first time a light flyweight fighter (Carbajal) made a million dollar purse.

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Flyweight

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (51 kg) but above 108 lb (49 kg).

The flyweight division was the last of boxing's eight traditional weight classes to be established. Before 1909, anyone below featherweight was considered a bantamweight, regardless of how small the boxer. In 1911, the organization that eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control held a match that crowned Sid Smith as the first flyweight champion of the world. Jimmy Wilde, who reigned from 1914 to 1923, was the first fighter recognized both in Britain and the United States as a flyweight champion.[1]

Other notable flyweights include Pancho Villa, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pone Kingpetch, Miguel Canto, Dave McAuley, Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, Manny Pacquiao, Jorge Arce, Vic Darchinyan and Nonito Donaire.

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Super Flyweight / Junior Bantamweight

Super Flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as Junior Bantamweight. The maximum weight for this division is 115 lb (52.2 kg).

The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the World Boxing Council responded to pressure from Asian and Latin American members who felt the difference between the flyweight limit and the bantamweight limit was too significant. Rafael Orono won the inaugural title in February of that year by defeating Seung-Hoon Lee. The World Boxing Association followed suit in 1981 when Gustavo Ballas won the vacant title by knocking out Sok-Chul Baek. The first International Boxing Federation champion was Ju-Do Chun, who won the belt in 1983 with a knockout of Ken Kasugai.

Notable champions in this division have been Mark Johnson, Johnny Tapia, Robert Quiroga, Danny Romero, Vic Darchinyan, and Khaosai Galaxy.

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Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds (52.163 kg) and up to 118 pounds (53.525 kg). However, in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) it is 134-136 pounds. Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight. The name is derived from Bantam chickens.

The first bantamweight title fight with gloves was between Chappie Moran and Tommy Kelly in 1889. At that time, the limit for this weight class was 110 pounds. In 1910, however, the British settled on a limit of 118.

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