Boxing organizations. There are four main recognized sanctioning bodies in boxing: WBC, WBA, IBF and the WBO. Each of these organizations issues championship belts to fighters across weight divisions.

THE HEAVYWEIGHT division could be set for a major shake-up after plans to introduce a new weight class were ratified. The World Boxing Council shook up the sport in 2020 by introducing a bridgerwei… ...

The light middleweight division (also known as a junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA and WBC) is a weight division in professional boxing above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 ...

Nobody has figured out the puzzle known as Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) across two weight divisions. Not Anthony Joshua on ...

In the middleweight division and beyond, European fighters are making impact and in weight division below 160-pounds, Asian and Latin American fighters compete with the best that America has to offer.

Boxing's 18th weight division explained Tom Gray On May 24, Lawrence Okolie will seek to become a two-weight world champion at the expense of WBC bridgerweight titleholder Lukasz Rozanski in Poland.

Healthy divisions have elite fighters at the top and compelling challengers waiting, with those fighters willing and able to meet in the ring. That has been the case in the higher weight classes ...

Claressa Shields wins world boxing titles in fourth and fifth weight divisions. Updated: ; Jul. 28, 2024, 5:07 p.m. | Published: ; Jul. 29, 2024, 12:18 a.m.

Catch rising stars like welterweight Jason Jackson and featherweight Magomed Umalatov in future PFL events. Who will be at the top of the division this year? Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s ...

By 1896, it had come to refer to a specific weight division for boxers and wrestlers. The welterweight weight limit increased over time, peaking in 1889 at 145 lb (65.8 kg).

If Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) gets past William Scull on May 3 to become the undisputed super middleweight champion for the second time in his career, it would set the stage for Crawford to jump two ...