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Posted: 24 Aug 2004, 17:10
by JC
Here's a list of all the weight classes and the wieght limit of each class, just be warned different wieght classes often have different names for example light middle weight is sometimes called Junior middleweight. Hope this is of some help.

Heavyweights (over 200lbs)

Cruiserweights(200lbs)

Light Heavyweights(175lbs)

Super Middleweights(168lbs)

Middleweights(160lbs)

light Middleweights(154lbs)

Welterweights(147lbs)

Light Welterweights(140lbs)

Lightweights(135lbs)

Super featherweight(130lbs)

Featherweights(126lbs)

Super Bantamweight(122lbs)

Bantamweights(118lbs)

Super Flyweight (115lbs)

Flyweights(112lbs)

Light Flyweights(108lbs)

Strawweights(105lbs)

Posted: 25 Aug 2004, 07:00
by torr
Heck there are so many different wieghts to learn! Thank you so much for your help. You guys aren't so bad :-) Might just beat my partner at this article. Come on!
That link is really useful, thanks J-C. much apprciated.
It was my mate who found this site on the internet for me, however it took him ages to find it as he knows less about boxing than would be expected of a male.
Thanks guys.

Posted: 25 Aug 2004, 07:21
by J
check your pm Torr, theres some useful stuff there. (top of the page - message if you dont know)
good luck. :TU:

Posted: 25 Aug 2004, 07:54
by jamesmcdonnell
I can recommend the cyberboxingzone, which has some great historical knowledge there, you could also try speaking to tracy callis, though you had better narrow your questions down. Asking for a potted 'all about boxing' answer is not going to get you far.

You could also do worse than going to the international boxing hall of fame website, which will give you a good idea of famous names of the past, though not a lot to back it up.

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com
http://www.ibhof.com

Posted: 25 Aug 2004, 08:24
by JC
I depends really on what you are supposed to learn, whether it's the actual rules, weight divs and current fighters or if you are also expected to know the history of boxing as well (which is a pretty big subject). Let us know what else you need to know and good luck :TU: I'm a student myself so I know how much of a pain in the ass resurch can be.

Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 15:10
by torr
Thanks to everyone you've been very useful and made my job a lot easier!
If anyone knows any useful links for a summary of the history of boxing that would be really useful, as there is so much to trawl through, became quite disheartened at one point! Also any boxing lingo translations would be extremely useful....!
Thanks

Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 19:10
by JC
Here's a link to an article giving a brief history of how boxing started,

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/briefhistory.html

For anything specific about boxing history, different champiuons etc this is probobly the best site on the net.

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/

Your mate's got off a bit light as far as learning the history of jazzersize. :)

Posted: 27 Aug 2004, 09:19
by torr
Thanks J-C, and you have a point hun! Why do you guys always get off lightly...? you can tell my editor is male...hmph.