Featherweight

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For the mixed martial arts division of the same name, see Featherweight (MMA)

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling (Greco-Roman). A featherweight boxer weighs in at 9 stones or under (at 126 pounds or under in the USA), or for Olympic boxing, 54 to 57 kilograms.

1 Notable featherweights
2 Olympic champions
3 Professional Champions
4 See also

[edit] Notable featherweights

[edit] Olympic champions

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

[edit] Professional Champions

List of featherweight boxing champions

[edit] See also

Weight divisions in boxing
Professional boxing
Strawweight \| Light Flyweight \| Flyweight \| Super Flyweight \| Bantamweight \| Super Bantamweight \| Featherweight \| Super Featherweight \| Lightweight \| Light Welterweight \| Welterweight \| Light Middleweight \| Middleweight \| Super Middleweight \| Light Heavyweight \| Cruiserweight \| Heavyweight
Olympic boxing
Light Flyweight \| Flyweight \| Bantamweight \| Featherweight \| Lightweight \| Light Welterweight \| Welterweight \| Middleweight \| Light Heavyweight \| Heavyweight \| Super Heavyweight