General Information
Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee’s decision or by judges’ scorecards.
There are a number of recognised organisations who govern and sanction boxing throughout the world. These include:
- World Boxing Association – WBA
- World Boxing Council – WBC
- International Boxing Federation – IBF
- World Boxing Organisation – WBO
- International Boxing Organisation – IBO
Below is a class list of boxing weight from heaviest to lightest.
- Heavyweight
- Super Cruiserweight
- Cruiserweight/Junior Heavyweight
- Light Heavyweight
- Super Middleweight
- Middleweight
- Junior Middleweight/Super Welterweight/Light Middleweight
- Welterweight
- Junior Welterweight/Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight
- Lightweight
- Junior Lightweight/Super Featherweight
- Featherweight
- Junior Featherweight/Super Bantamweight
- Bantamweight
- Junior Bantamweight/Super Flyweight
- Flyweight
- Junior Flyweight/Light Flyweight
- Mini Flyweight/Minimumweight/Strawweight
