Boxing Weight Classes Explained: Every Division, and Why the Limits Depend on Who You Ask
All 17 pro boxing divisions with limits in pounds and kilograms, the WBC's extra bridgerweight class, and why sanctioning bodies and commissions differ.
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Weight classes are set by whoever regulates or sanctions a bout, and the published tables do not all agree. In the US, MMA classes follow the Association of Boxing Commissions’ Unified Rules. Boxing has commission schedules and each sanctioning body’s own list — and above 175 lb they part company.
Enter a weight to see where it falls in four published tables, with every limit in pounds and kilograms. The tables describe rule-book limits only; this page gives no advice on making weight.
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Every limit is an upper limit: a weight exactly on it belongs to that class.
Weight150.0 lb68.039 kg
Each class runs from just over the limit of the class below it up to and including its own limit — Nevada’s regulation and the ABC’s MMA rules both write classes as “over X to Y”. So a weight exactly on a limit is in the lighter class, and the heaviest class has no upper limit at all.
Pounds to kilograms
kg = lb × 0.45359237
The limits are set in pounds. The kilogram figures use NIST’s exact factor and are rounded to the nearest gram — the three decimals the WBC prints — and a weight typed in kilograms is compared at the same precision, so a weight equal to a limit as shown is inside the class. The WBC’s own figures match these except at cruiserweight, where it prints 90.719 kg for 200 lb; the exact figure is 90.718474 kg.
Two of the tables come from regulators and two from sanctioning bodies. The Association of Boxing Commissions’ Unified Rules of Boxing do not include a weight table, so for boxing the finder shows a state commission’s schedule — Nevada’s — alongside the WBC’s and IBF’s own lists.
| Class | Pounds | Kilograms |
|---|---|---|
| Atomweight | up to 105 | up to 47.627 |
| Straw Weight | up to 115 | up to 52.163 |
| Flyweight | up to 125 | up to 56.699 |
| Bantamweight | up to 135 | up to 61.235 |
| Featherweight | up to 145 | up to 65.771 |
| Lightweight | up to 155 | up to 70.307 |
| Super Lightweight | up to 165 | up to 74.843 |
| Welterweight | up to 170 | up to 77.111 |
| Super Welterweight | up to 175 | up to 79.379 |
| Middleweight | up to 185 | up to 83.915 |
| Super Middleweight | up to 195 | up to 88.451 |
| Light Heavyweight | up to 205 | up to 92.986 |
| Cruiserweight | up to 225 | up to 102.058 |
| Heavyweight | up to 265 | up to 120.202 |
| Super Heavyweight | over 265 | over 120.202 |
| Class | Pounds | Kilograms |
|---|---|---|
| Strawweight | up to 105 | up to 47.627 |
| Light-Flyweight | up to 108 | up to 48.988 |
| Flyweight | up to 112 | up to 50.802 |
| Super Flyweight | up to 115 | up to 52.163 |
| Bantamweight | up to 118 | up to 53.524 |
| Super Bantamweight | up to 122 | up to 55.338 |
| Featherweight | up to 126 | up to 57.153 |
| Super Featherweight | up to 130 | up to 58.967 |
| Lightweight | up to 135 | up to 61.235 |
| Super Lightweight | up to 140 | up to 63.503 |
| Welterweight | up to 147 | up to 66.678 |
| Super Welterweight | up to 154 | up to 69.853 |
| Middleweight | up to 160 | up to 72.575 |
| Super Middleweight | up to 168 | up to 76.204 |
| Light-heavyweight | up to 175 | up to 79.379 |
| Cruiserweight | up to 195 | up to 88.451 |
| Heavyweight | over 195 | over 88.451 |
| Class | Pounds | Kilograms |
|---|---|---|
| Strawweight | up to 105 | up to 47.627 |
| Light Flyweight | up to 108 | up to 48.988 |
| Flyweight | up to 112 | up to 50.802 |
| Super Flyweight | up to 115 | up to 52.163 |
| Bantamweight | up to 118 | up to 53.524 |
| Super Bantamweight | up to 122 | up to 55.338 |
| Featherweight | up to 126 | up to 57.153 |
| Super Featherweight | up to 130 | up to 58.967 |
| Lightweight | up to 135 | up to 61.235 |
| Super Lightweight | up to 140 | up to 63.503 |
| Welterweight | up to 147 | up to 66.678 |
| Super Welterweight | up to 154 | up to 69.853 |
| Middleweight | up to 160 | up to 72.575 |
| Super Middleweight | up to 168 | up to 76.204 |
| Light Heavyweight | up to 175 | up to 79.379 |
| Cruiserweight | up to 200 | up to 90.718 |
| Bridgerweight | up to 224 | up to 101.605 |
| Heavyweight | over 224 | over 101.605 |
| Class | Pounds | Kilograms |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Mini Flyweight | up to 102 | up to 46.266 |
| Mini Flyweight | up to 105 | up to 47.627 |
| Junior Flyweight | up to 108 | up to 48.988 |
| Flyweight | up to 112 | up to 50.802 |
| Junior Bantamweight | up to 115 | up to 52.163 |
| Bantamweight | up to 118 | up to 53.524 |
| Junior Featherweight | up to 122 | up to 55.338 |
| Featherweight | up to 126 | up to 57.153 |
| Junior Lightweight | up to 130 | up to 58.967 |
| Lightweight | up to 135 | up to 61.235 |
| Junior Welterweight | up to 140 | up to 63.503 |
| Welterweight | up to 147 | up to 66.678 |
| Junior Middleweight | up to 154 | up to 69.853 |
| Middleweight | up to 160 | up to 72.575 |
| Super Middleweight | up to 168 | up to 76.204 |
| Light Heavyweight | up to 175 | up to 79.379 |
| Cruiserweight | up to 200 | up to 90.718 |
| Heavyweight | over 200 | over 90.718 |
From 105 to 175 lb the three boxing tables share the same limits, though the IBF calls several of them “junior” classes where the WBC says “light” or “super”, and the IBF adds a 102 lb class below the others. Above 175 lb they part company:
| Table | Classes above light heavyweight |
|---|---|
| Nevada commission | Cruiserweight up to 195 lb; heavyweight over 195 lb |
| WBC | Cruiserweight up to 200 lb; bridgerweight up to 224 lb; heavyweight over 224 lb |
| IBF | Cruiserweight up to 200 lb; heavyweight over 200 lb |
MMA’s classes are a different ladder altogether: under the ABC’s rules, cruiserweight runs to 225 lb and heavyweight to 265 lb.
A weight of 150 lb is 68.039 kg. The four tables give it three different names:
| Table | Class | Under the limit by |
|---|---|---|
| MMA — ABC Unified Rules | Lightweight | 5.0 lb |
| Boxing — Nevada commission | Super Welterweight | 4.0 lb |
| Boxing — WBC | Super Welterweight | 4.0 lb |
| Boxing — IBF | Junior Middleweight | 4.0 lb |
Nevada and the WBC agree on the name and the limit; the IBF has the same limit under a different name; and in MMA the same weight sits 5.0 lb inside lightweight.
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