FEATHERWEIGHT

:''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).

Contents

Professional boxing

Notable featherweights

Amateur boxing

Olympic champions

Pan American Champions

Professional Champions

See also

References

Professional boxing

A featherweight boxer weighs in at 9 stones or under (at 126 pounds or under in the USA). In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds.^[1]
The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir-Frank Murphy fight.

Notable featherweights

★ Willie Pep

★ Sandy Saddler

★ Abe Attell

★ Johnny Kilbane

★ Chalky Wright

★ Marco Antonio Barrera

★ Salvador Sánchez

★ Benny Bass

★ "Peerless" Jim Driscoll

★ Jackie Fields

★ Azumah Nelson

★ Prince Naseem Hamed

★ Scott Harrison

★ Kid Kaplan

★ Juan Manuel Marquez

★ Barry McGuigan

★ Erik Morales

★ Manny Pacquiao

★ Chris John

★ Victor Perez

Amateur boxing

In amateur boxing, the weight limit is 54 to 57 kilograms.

Olympic champions

★ 1904 –

★ 1908 –

★ 1920 –

★ 1924 –

★ 1928 –

★ 1932 –

★ 1936 –

★ 1948 –

★ 1952 –

★ 1956 –

★ 1960 –

★ 1964 –

★ 1968 –

★ 1972 –

★ 1976 –

★ 1980 –

★ 1984 –

★ 1988 –

★ 1992 –

★ 1996 –

★ 2000 –

★ 2004 –

Pan American Champions

★ 1951 – Francisco Núñez (ARG)

★ 1955 – Oswaldo Cañete (ARG)

★ 1959 – Carlos Aro (ARG)

★ 1963 – Rosemiro Mateus (BRA)

★ 1967 – Miguel García (ARG)

★ 1971 – Juan García (MEX)

★ 1975 – Dave Armstrong (USA)

★ 1979 – Bernard Taylor (USA)

★ 1983 – Adolfo Horta (CUB)

★ 1987 – Kelcie Banks (USA)

★ 1991 – Arnaldo Mesa (CUB)

★ 1995 – Arnaldo Mesa (CUB)

★ 1999 – Yudel Johnson (CUB)

★ 2003 – Likar Ramos Concha (COL)

Professional Champions

★ List of featherweight boxing champions

See also

★ Boxing weight classes

★ Reigning boxing champions

References

1. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing, , Harry, Mullan, Carlton Books, ,