Featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling (Greco-Roman).

Professional boxing

A featherweight boxer weighs in at 9 stones (57 kilos) or under (at 126 pounds or under in the USA). In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. [cite book
last = Mullan
first = Harry
title = The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing
publisher = Carlton Books
date = 1996
location = London, England
pages = 172
isbn = 0785806415]

The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir-Frank Murphy fight.

Amateur boxing

In amateur boxing, the weight limit is 54 to 57 kilograms.

Olympic champions

*1904 – flagIOCathlete|Oliver Kirk|USA|1904 Summer
*1908 – flagIOCathlete|Richard Gunn|GBR|1908 Summer
*1920 – flagIOCathlete|Paul Fritsch|FRA|1920 Summer
*1924 – flagIOCathlete|Jackie Fields|USA|1924 Summer
*1928 – flagIOCathlete|Bep van Klaveren|NED|1928 Summer
*1932 – flagIOCathlete|Carmelo Robledo|ARG|1932 Summer
*1936 – flagIOCathlete|Oscar Casanovas|ARG|1936 Summer
*1948 – flagIOCathlete|Ernesto Formenti|ITA|1948 Summer
*1952 – flagIOCathlete|Jan Zachara|TCH|1952 Summer
*1956 – flagIOCathlete|Vladimir Safronov|URS|1956 Summer
*1960 – flagIOCathlete|Francesco Musso|ITA|1960 Summer
*1964 – flagIOCathlete|Stanislav Stepashkin|URS|1964 Summer
*1968 – flagIOCathlete|Antonio Roldán|MEX|1968 Summer
*1972 – flagIOCathlete|Boris Kuznetsov|URS|1972 Summer
*1976 – flagIOCathlete|Ángel Herrera|CUB|1976 Summer
*1980 – flagIOCathlete|Rudi Fink|GDR|1980 Summer
*1984 – flagIOCathlete|Meldrick Taylor|USA|1984 Summer
*1988 – flagIOCathlete|Giovanni Parisi|ITA|1988 Summer
*1992 – flagIOCathlete|Andreas Tews|GER|1992 Summer
*1996 – flagIOCathlete|Somluck Kamsing|THA|1996 Summer
*2000 – flagIOCathlete|Bekzat Sattarkhanov|KAZ|2000 Summer
*2004 – flagIOCathlete|Alexei Tichtchenko|RUS|2004 Summer
*2008 – flagIOCathlete|Vasyl Lomachenko|UKR|2008 Summer

Pan American Champions

*1951 – flagicon|ARG Francisco Núñez (ARG)
*1955 – flagicon|ARG Oswaldo Cañete (ARG)
*1959 – flagicon|ARG Carlos Aro (ARG)
*1963 – flagicon|BRA Rosemiro Mateus (BRA)
*1967 – flagicon|ARG Miguel García (ARG)
*1971 – flagicon|MEX Juan García (MEX)
*1975 – flagicon|USA Dave Armstrong (USA)
*1979 – flagicon|USA Bernard Taylor (USA)
*1983 – flagicon|CUB Adolfo Horta (CUB)
*1987 – flagicon|USA Kelcie Banks (USA)
*1991 – flagicon|CUB Arnaldo Mesa (CUB)
*1995 – flagicon|CUB Arnaldo Mesa (CUB)
*1999 – flagicon|CUB Yudel Johnson (CUB)
*2003 – flagicon|COL Likar Ramos Concha (COL)

Professional Champions

*List of featherweight boxing champions

Kickboxing Featherweight

*International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Featherweight (Pro & Amateur) 122.1 lbs. - 127 lbs. or 55.50 kg - 57.72 kg.

ee also

*Boxing weight classes
*Reigning boxing champions

References


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