BOXING WEIGHT DIVISIONS
Boxing weight divisions cleared up in a user-friendly guide.
Modern-era boxing’s 17 weight divisions can be a little baffling, especially when they have different names depending on who you ask. Are 130lb fighters Junior Lightweights or Super Featherweights? Are 160lb fighters Junior or Light Middleweights?
Both are correct in either case – but to avoid confusion at Boxing Base, we will never deviate from using more than one type of name to describe a fighter’s campaign weight.
Here’s a guide to understanding our different weight divisions (maximum weight in pounds, kilograms and stones, followed by division title). Women’s Weight Divisions are also listed, plus Amateur for both men and women.
Boxing Weight Divisions Converter
Pounds (lbs)
Unlimited – Heavyweight
200 – Cruiserweight
175 – Light Heavyweight
168 – Super Middleweight
160 – Middleweight
154 – Junior Middleweight
147 – Welterweight
140 – Junior Welterweight
135 – Lightweight
130 – Junior Lightweight
126 – Featherweight
122 – Junior Featherweight
118 – Bantamweight
115 – Junior Bantamweight
112 – Flyweight
108 – Junior Flyweight
105 – Strawweight
Kilos (kg)
Unlimited – Heavyweight
91 – Cruiserweight
79 – Light Heavyweight
76 – Super Middleweight
73 – Middleweight
70 – Junior Middleweight
67 – Welterweight
64 – Junior Welterweight
61 – Lightweight
59 – Junior Lightweight
57 – Featherweight
55 – Junior Featherweight
54 – Bantamweight
52 – Junior Bantamweight
51 – Flyweight
49 – Junior Flyweight
48 – Strawweight
Stone (UK & Ireland)
Unlimited – Heavyweight
14, 4 – Cruiserweight
12, 5 – Light Heavyweight
12 – Super Middleweight
11, 6 – Middleweight
11 – Junior Middleweight
10, 5 – Welterweight
10 – Junior Welterweight
9, 9 – Lightweight
9, 4 – Junior Lightweight
9 – Featherweight
8, 10 – Junior Featherweight
8, 6 – Bantamweight
8, 3 – Junior Bantamweight
8 – Flyweight
7, 10 – Junior Flyweight
7, 5 – Strawweight
Women’s Boxing Weight Divisions
Pounds (lbs) / Kilograms (kg)
101 / 45.8 – Pinweight
106 / 48.1 – Junior Flyweight
110 / 49.9 – Flyweight
114 / 51.7 – Junior Bantamweight
119 / 53.9 – Bantamweight
125 / 56.7 – Featherweight
132 / 59.9 – Lightweight
138 / 62.6 – Junior Welterweight
145 / 65.8 – Welterweight
154 / 69.9 – Junior Middleweight
165 / 74.8 – Middleweight
176 / 79.8 – Light Heavyweight
189 / 85.7 (& over) – Heavyweight
Amateur Boxing Weight Divisions
Men
108 / 49 – Junior Flyweight
115 / 52 – Flyweight
123 / 56 – Bantamweight
132 / 60 – Lightweight
141 / 64 – Junior Welterweight
152 / 69 – Welterweight
165 / 75 – Middleweight
178 / 81 – Light Heavyweight
201 / 91 – Heavyweight
Over 201 / 91 – Super Heavyweight
Women
106 / 48 – Strawweight
112 / 51 – Bantamweight
119 / 54 – Featherweight
126 / 57 – Lightweight
132 / 60 – Junior Welterweight
141 / 64 – Welterweight
152 / 69 – Middleweight
165 / 75 – Light Heavyweight
179 / 81 – Heavyweight
Over 179 / 81 – Super Heavyweight
Women’s Olympic Boxing Weight Divisions (as of 2014)
106 – 112 / 48 – 51 – Flyweight
123 – 132 / 56 – 60 – Lightweight
152 – 165 / 69 – 75 – Middleweight
Would you like to know more about Amateur Boxing? Don’t agree with our weight division policy? Have a suggestion or spotted an issue? Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our boxing staff writers.
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