Lightweight

Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.

Boxing[]

Professional boxing[]

The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams. There are also the young, up and coming fighters, such as Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis.

Current world champions[]

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses	Beaten opponents
WBA	October 17, 2020	Teófimo López	16–0 (12 KO)	0	0
WBC	October 23, 2019	Devin Haney	26–0 (15 KO)	3	3
IBF	December 14, 2019	Teófimo López	16–0 (12 KO)	1	1
WBO	October 17, 2020	Teófimo López	16–0 (12 KO)	0	0

Current world rankings[]

The Ring[]

As of September 22, 2021.^[1]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Title(s)
C	Teofimo Lopez	16–0 (12 KO)	WBA, WBO, IBF
1	Vasyl Lomachenko	15–2 (11 KO)
2	Ryan García	21–0 (18 KO)
3	Devin Haney	26–0 (15 KO)	WBC
4	Richard Commey	30–3 (27 KO)
5	Luke Campbell	20–4 (16 KO)
6	Javier Fortuna	36–2–1 (25 KO)
7	Jorge Linares	47–6 (29 KO)
8	George Kambosos Jr.	19–0 (10 KO)
9	Masayoshi Nakatani	19–2 (13 KO)
10	Isaac Cruz	21–1–1 (15 KO)

BoxRec[]

As of September 22, 2021.^[2]

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Points	Title(s)
1	Teofimo Lopez	16–0 (12 KO)	336.2	WBA, WBO, IBF
2	Gervonta Davis	24–0 (23 KO)	263.5
3	Vasyl Lomachenko	15–2 (11 KO)	190.0
4	Devin Haney	26–0 (15 KO)	140.3	WBC
5	Richard Commey	30–3 (27 KO)	94.15
6	Ryan García	21–0 (18 KO)	87.37
7	Javier Fortuna	36–2–1 (25 KO)	77.66
8	George Kambosos Jnr	19–0 (10 KO)	60.61
9	Lee Selby	28–3 (9 KO)	55.02
10	Jorge Linares	47–6 (29 KO)	48.64

Longest reigning world lightweight champions[]

Below is a list of "longest reigning lightweight champions" career time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.

	Name	Title Reign	Title recognition	Successful defenses	Beaten opponents	Fights
1.	Benny Leonard	7 years, 7 months, 17 days	World	6	6	[3][4]
2.	Artur Grigorian	7 years, 6 months, 20 days	WBO	17	17	[5]
3.	Jack McAuliffe	6 years, 7 months, 12 days	World	7	6	[6]
4.	Roberto Durán	6 years, 7 months, 5 days	WBA	12	11	[7]
5.	Ike Williams	6 years, 1 month, 7 days	World	8	6	[8]
6.	Joe Gans	6 years, 27 days	World	15	13	[9]
7.	Joe Brown (boxer)	5 years, 7 months, 27 days	World	11	10	[10]
8.	Miguel Vazquez	4 years, 29 days	IBF	6	6	[11]
9.	Sammy Mandell	4 years, 14 days	NBA	4	4	[12][13]
10.	Paul Spadafora	3 years, 10 months	IBF	8	8	[14]

Amateur boxing[]

Kickboxing[]

International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Lightweight (Pro & Amateur) 127.1 lb - 132 lb or 57.77 kg - 60 kg. Women's divisions also use this weight class, but usually at a lower weight than the men's divisions. In Glory promotion, a lightweight division is up to 70 kg (154 lb).^[15]

In ONE Championship, the lightweight division limit is 77.1 kg (170 lb).

Lethwei[]

In World Lethwei Championship, the lightweight division has an upper limit of 60 kg (132 lb).

Mixed martial arts[]

In MMA, the lightweight division is from 146 lb (66 kg) to 155 lb (70 kg).

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.

Current Olympic class lightweight events in rowing are a men's lightweight Double Scull, and a women's lightweight Double Scull.

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