Boxing weight classes

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Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:

Weight WBA WBC IBF WBO BoxRec
201+ lb (91.4+ kg) Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight
176 to 200 lb (90.7 kg) Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Junior heavyweight Cruiserweight
169 to 175 lb (79.4 kg) Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight
161 to 168 lb (76.2 kg) Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight
155 to 160 lb (72.6 kg) Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight
148 to 154 lb (69.9 kg) Super welterweight Super welterweight Junior middleweight Junior middleweight Light middleweight
141 to 147 lb (66.7 kg) Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight
136 to 140 lb (63.5 kg) Super lightweight Super lightweight Junior welterweight Junior welterweight Light welterweight
131 to 135 lb (61.2 kg) Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight Lightweight
127 to 130 lb (59.0 kg) Super featherweight Super featherweight Junior lightweight Junior lightweight Super featherweight
123 to 126 lb (57.2 kg) Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight
119 to 122 lb (55.3 kg) Super bantamweight Super bantamweight Junior featherweight Junior featherweight Super bantamweight
116 to 118 lb (53.5 kg) Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight
113 to 115 lb (52.2 kg) Super flyweight Super flyweight Junior bantamweight Junior bantamweight Super flyweight
109 to 112 lb (50.8 kg) Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight
106 to 108 lb (49.0 kg) Light flyweight Light flyweight Junior flyweight Junior flyweight Light flyweight
96 to 105 lb (47.6 kg) Minimumweight Strawweight Mini flyweight Mini flyweight Minimumweight

Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:

Weight (up to) IBA
91+ kg (200+ lb) Super heavyweight
91 kg (200 lb) Heavyweight
81 kg (178 lb) Light heavyweight
75 kg (165 lb) Middleweight
69 kg (152 lb) Welterweight
64 kg (141 lb) Light welterweight
60 kg (132 lb) Lightweight
57 kg (125 lb) Featherweight
54 kg (119 lb) Bantamweight
51 kg (112 lb) Flyweight
48 kg (106 lb) Light flyweight

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