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The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor.








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The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor.

Professional boxing

The lightweight is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class
Boxing weight classes

Boxing body weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...
 in the sport of boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. In England, it equates to the weight bracket of 9 st 4 lb - 9 st 9 lb.

Notable lightweight boxers includes Bummy Davis, Benny Leonard
Benny Leonard

Benny Leonard , born Benjamin Leiner, was an United States Boxing. He was named as number 8 on Ring Magazine list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years....
, Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong

Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.The son of an African-American sharecropper and an Iroquois Native American, Henry Jr....
, Joe Gans
Joe Gans

Joe Gans was born Joseph Gant in Baltimore, Maryland. Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine editor, Nat Fleischer and was known as the "Old Master"....
, Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri

Tony Canzoneri was an United States boxing who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana.Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions....
, Carlos Ortiz
Carlos Ortiz

Carlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rico who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....
, Ike Williams
Ike Williams (boxer)

Ike Williams was a former lightweight world boxing champion. Williams was known for his great right hand, and was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time as well as Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1948....
, Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán

Roberto Dur?n is a retired professional boxing from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone"....
, Alexis Arguello, Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is an Italian-American former boxing. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship for two years in the 1980s....
, Hector Camacho
Héctor Camacho

H?ctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho" , is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. His son, H?ctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer....
, Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez

Julio C?sar Ch?vez Gonz?lez is a legendary Mexico professional boxing....
, Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker

Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional Boxing, who is considered among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships, followed by the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Summer...
, Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Miguel Angel Gonzalez

Miguel ?ngel Gonz?lez , is a Mexico professional boxing best known to be world lightweight champion as a professional. He also campaigned as a junior welterweight, as well as welterweight in his career, and is currently rated as a junior middleweight but was never as respected as in his best weightclass....
, Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
, Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Diego Corrales
Diego Corrales

Diego "Chico" Corrales was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. He is most noted for his series of bouts with Jos? Luis Castillo....
, Joel Casamayor, Juan Manuel Marquez
Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel M?rquez M?ndez is a Mexico professional Boxing and the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Organization lightweight world champion as well as the current The Ring lightweight champion....
 and Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiáo

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
.

Professional Champions


Amateur Champions


Olympic Champions

  • 1904
    Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

    At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven boxing events were contested. Only United States boxers competed. The competitions were held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904....
     –
  • 1908
    Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

    At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing events were contested. All of the boxing was conducted on October 27. The event was held in the Northampton Institute in Clerkenwell, East London....
     –
  • 1920
    Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

    These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Medals were awarded in 8 boxing weight classes. The competitions were held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920....
     –
  • 1924
    Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

    These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Medals were awarded in 8 boxing weight classes. The competitions were held from July 15, 1924 to July 20, 1924....
     –
  • 1928
    Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

    These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Medals were awarded in 8 boxing weight classes....
     –
  • 1952
    Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at T??l? Sports Hall....
     –
  • 1956
    Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons....
     –
  • 1960
    Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

    In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States....
     –
  • 1964
    Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics:It was held October 11 to October 23....
     –
  • 1968
    Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
     –
  • 1972
    Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries....
     –
  • 1976
    Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

    There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
     –
  • 1980
    Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August....
     –
  • 1984
    Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11....
     –
  • 1988
    Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2....
     –
  • 1992
    Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavell? Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9....
     –
  • 1996
    Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
     –
  • 2000
    Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour....
     –
  • 2004
    Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each....
     –


Pan American Champions

  • 1951
    Boxing at the 1951 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 25 to March 8, with the hosting nation winning in all eight weight divisions....
     – Oscar Gallardo (ARG
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • 1955
    Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions to the existing eight....
     – Miguel Ángel Péndola (ARG
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • 1959
    Boxing at the 1959 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States, from August 27 to September 7....
     – Abel Laudonio
    Abel Laudonio

    Abel Ricardo Laudonio is a retired boxing from Argentina, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur....
     (ARG
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • 1963
    Boxing at the 1963 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in S?o Paulo, Brazil, from April 20 to May 5....
     – Roberto Caminero (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1967
    Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada, from July 24 to August 6....
     – Enrique Regueiferos (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1971
    Boxing at the 1971 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 6. The light flyweight division was included for the first time....
     – Luis Dávila (PUR
    Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
    )
  • 1975
    Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26.MEDAL WINNERS ...
     – Chris Clarke
    Chris Clarke (boxer)

    Chris Clarke is a retired Boxing from Canada, who won the gold medal in the men's lightweight division at the Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games....
     (CAN
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    )
  • 1979
    Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15....
     – Adolfo Horta
    Adolfo Horta

    Adolfo Horta is a retired boxing from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....
     (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1983
    Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 14 to August 29. The super heavyweight division was included for the first time....
     – Pernell Whitaker
    Pernell Whitaker

    Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional Boxing, who is considered among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships, followed by the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Summer...
     (USA
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    )
  • 1987
    Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 8 to August 23....
     – Julio Gonzáles (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1991
    Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games

    The Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
     – Julio Gonzáles (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1995
    Boxing at the 1995 Pan American Games

    The Boxing Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 27. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
     – Julio Gonzáles (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 1999
    Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games

    The Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
     – Mario César Kindelán Mesa
    Mario César Kindelán Mesa

    Mario C?sar Kindel?n Mesa is a former two time Olympic Games Gold Medalist boxing#Amateur boxing from Cuba, who competed in the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Lightweight .2860kg.29 category....
     (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )
  • 2003
    Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games

    The Boxing Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 8 to August 15. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
     – Mario César Kindelán Mesa
    Mario César Kindelán Mesa

    Mario C?sar Kindel?n Mesa is a former two time Olympic Games Gold Medalist boxing#Amateur boxing from Cuba, who competed in the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Lightweight .2860kg.29 category....
     (CUB
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    )


Kickboxing Lightweight

  • International Kickboxing Federation
    International Kickboxing Federation

    The International Kickboxing Federation is the largest Kickboxing Sanctioning Body in the World. The Organization also hosts the Largest and highest ranked/visited Kickboxing Sanctioning body website in the world as Confirmed by *...
     (IKF) Lightweight (Pro & Amateur) 127.1 lbs. - 132 lbs. or 57.77 kg - 60 kg
Women's divisions also use this weight class, but usually at a much lower weight than the men's divisions.

Rowing

Lightweight rowing was a category entered into the Olympic sport, originally due to countries of smaller stature competing with an unfair disadvantage, as rowing favors the taller athlete who has more leverage.