bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds (52.163 kg) and up to 118 pounds (53.525 kg). However, in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) it is 125-136 pounds (56.6 - 61.7 kg). Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight. The name is derived from bantam chickens.

History

The first title fight with gloves was between Chappie Moran and Tommy Kelly in 1889. At that time, the limit for this weight class was 110 pounds. In 1910, however, the British settled on a limit of 118.^[1]

Notable bantamweights

• Raul "Raton" Macias
• Monte Attell
• Baltasar Belenguer "Sangchili"
• Fabrice Benichou
• Panama Al Brown
• Orlando Canizales
• Jimmy Carruthers
• Jeff Chandler
• Benny "Irish" Cohen
• Frankie Conley (1910)
• Sixto Escobar
• Luisito Espinosa
• Eder Jofre
• Alphonse Halimi
• Alex Geiser
• Fighting Harada
• Pete Herman
• Akhil Kumar
• Miguel "Happy" Lora
• Errol "Black Mac" MacBean
• Abner Mares
• Joe Lynch
• Rubén Olivares
• Manuel Ortiz
• Lionel Rose
• Charlie Phil Rosenberg
• Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz
• Charles "Bud" Taylor
• Alfonso Zamora
• Carlos Zarate
• Johnny Owen
• Manju Wanniarachchi
• Jonatan "Bullen Barbaren" Landsberg

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

• 1904:  Oliver Kirk (USA)
• 1908:  Henry Thomas (GBR)
• 1920:  Clarence Walker (RSA)
• 1924:  William Smith (RSA)
• 1928:  Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA)
• 1932:  Horace Gwynne (CAN)
• 1936:  Ulderico Sergo (ITA)
• 1948:  Tibor Csík (HUN)
• 1952:  Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN)
• 1956:  Wolfgang Behrendt (EUA)
• 1960:  Oleg Grigoryev (URS)
• 1964:  Takao Sakurai (JPN)
• 1968:  Valeriy Sokolov (URS)
• 1972:  Orlando Martínez (CUB)
• 1976:  Gu Yong-Ju (PRK)
• 1980:  Juan Hernández (CUB)
• 1984:  Maurizio Stecca (ITA)
• 1988:  Kennedy McKinney (USA)
• 1992:  Joel Casamayor (CUB)
• 1996:  István Kovács (HUN)
• 2000:  Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)
• 2004:  Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)
• 2008:  Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (MGL)

Pan American Champions

• 1951: Ricardo Gonzales (ARG)
• 1955: Salvador Enriquez (VEN)
• 1959: Waldo Claudiano (BRA)
• 1963: Abel Almaraz (ARG)
• 1967: Juvencio Martínez (MEX)
• 1971: Pedro Flores (MEX)
• 1975: Orlando Martínez (CUB)
• 1979: Jackie Beard (USA)
• 1983: Manuel Vilchez (VEN)
• 1987: Manuel Martínez (CUB)
• 1991: Enrique Carrion (CUB)
• 1995: Juan Despaigne (CUB)
• 1999: Gerald Tucker (USA)
• 2003: Daniel Chyutin (CUB)
• 2007: Carlos Cuadras (MEX)

Commonwealth Games Champions

• 2010: Manju Wanniarachchi (SRI)

Professional Champions

Current champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA Super	May 31, 2008	Anselmo Moreno	33-1-1 (12 KO)	10
WBA Regular	December 26, 2010	Koki Kameda	28-1 (17 KO)	4
WBC	November 6, 2011	Shinsuke Yamanaka	16-0-2 (11 KO)	1
IBF	June 2, 2012	Leo Santa Cruz	20-0-1 (11 KO)	0
WBO	November 26, 2011	Jorge Arce	60-6-2 (45 KO)	0

For a full list, see List of bantamweight boxing champions

Kickboxing bantamweight

In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between 53 kg (116 lb) and 55 kg (120 lb). However, some governing bodies have slightly different classes. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Bantamweight division (professional and amateur) is 117.1 lbs.–122 lbs. or 53.22 kg–55.45 kg.

See also

• Reigning boxing champions

References

1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books. pp. 178. ISBN 0-7858-0641-5. 

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