Boxing Weight Classes. 4 to 8 oz. On the amateur.
In a professional boxing match the measurement of the boxer s weight will be done the day before the match itself. Class names vary somewhat and the weight limits range from 105 pounds in the lightest category to unlimited in the heaviest. It is the heaviest weight category in the professional rank and has an unlimited weight limit or more than the weight limit of the cruiserweight junior heavyweight weight class.
The top class with no upper limit is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight in amateur boxing a boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class and each boxer s weight must not exceed the upper limit.
During the 19th and again at the beginning of the 20th century the popularity of boxing brought about the formation of weight divisions other than the heavyweight class to eliminate the handicap of smaller contestants having to concede excessive weight to their opponents. In the united states the association of boxing commissions or abc governs weight class decisions. The top class with no upper limit is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight in amateur boxing a boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class and each boxer s weight must not exceed the upper limit. Though abc sets the weights individual boxing groups such as.
