The weigh-in is the boxer`s first rival to greet, meet and to beat.
the physical and mental exhaustion cloying and clawing, when, there is not adequate poundage control before the fight and the risk of a serious injury increases, when there is dehydration.
At first, boxing primarily recognized 8 traditional divisions: Heavy, Light heavy, Middle, Welter, Light, Feather, Bantam and Fly.
The creation of intermediate divisions managed to effectively reduce the inhumane sacrifices that boxers had to make to stay at the same weight or the disadvantages they gave away, when having to move up to the next category.
The following are the current divisions:
Heavyweight – Minimum of 224 pounds (101 kg)
Bridger Weight – Up to 224 lbs (101 kg)
Cruiser Weight – Up to 200 lbs. (90,892 kg)
Light Heavy Weight – Up to 175 lbs. (79,378 kg)
Super Middleweight – Up to 168 lbs. (76,203 kg)
Middle Weight – Up to 160 lbs. (72,574 kg)
Super welter – Up to 154 lbs. (69,853 kg)
Welterweight – Up to 147 lbs. (66,678 kg)
Super Lightweight – Up to 140 lbs. (63,503 kg)
Lightweight – Up to 135 lbs. (61,235 kg)
Super Feather – Up to 130 lbs. (58,967 kg)
Featherweight – Up to 126 lbs. (57,153 kg)
Super Bantamweight or Jr. Feather Weight – Up to 122 lbs. (55,225 kg)
Bantamweight – Up to 118 lbs. (53,525 kg)
Super Flyweight – Up to 115 pounds (52,163 kg)
Fly Weight – Up to 112 lbs (50,802 kg)
Light Fly Weight – Up to 108 pounds (48,988 kg)
Straw Weight – Up to 105 lbs. (47,627 kg).
In the history of boxing there have been stellar fighters who have won multiple titles in different divisions, including the intermediate ones. Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar de la Hoya, Roberto Duran, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Julio César Chávez, Saul Canelo Álvarez, Erik Morales, Jorge Travieso Arce, gloriously stand out.
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