Bantamweight
The bantamweight is a weight class in boxing, wrestling and weightlifting.
It is located in boxing and wrestling between the flyweight and featherweight, weight lifting, it is the lightest class under the featherweight.
Limiting Dimensions
The weight limits of the Bantam weight are at:
Professional boxing:
Olympic boxing ( AIBA )
Rings:
Weightlifting:
Name
The name derives from Bantam, a bantam breed, which in turn probably got its name from an earlier so-called Indonesian province.
History
The first title fight with gloves was between 1889 Chappie Moran and Tommy Kelly.
Notable Bantamgewichtler
- Panama Al Brown
- Eder Jofre
- Fighting Harada
- Rubén Olivares
- Lionel Rose
- Alfonso Zamora
- Johnny Owen
- Boxing
Pictures of Bantamweight
