Saturday, May 15, 2010

What is the highest tier in boxing?

Just been watching the Kessler/Calzaghe fight and was just wondering what is the highest level of boxing? And how many levels is Calzaghe below this?|||He is at the highest level of boxing as you can only fight in wieght classes as it would be dangerous and unfair for smaller competitors if there was only one caterogry. There the Lb for Lb belt that ring magazine give out year which general denotes the best boxer in the world.


Here are the current Lb fo Lb world rankings


Lb 4 Lb (by boxrec.com)


1 Bernard Hopkins light heavyweight


2 Israel Vazquez super bantamweight


3 Floyd Mayweather Jr light middleweight


4 Kelly Pavlik middleweight


5 Ricky Hatton light welterweight


6 Joe Calzaghe super middleweight


7 Miguel Angel Cotto welterweight


8 Manny Pacquiao super featherweight


9 Shane Mosley welterweight


10 Juan Diaz lightweight


11 Juan Manuel Marquez super featherweight


12 Cristian Mijares super flyweight


13 Cory Spinks middleweight


14 Rafael Marquez super bantamweight


15 Alexander Munoz super flyweight


16 Celestino Caballero super bantamweight


17 Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight


18 Chris John featherweight


19 Arthur Abraham middleweight


20 Jermain Taylor middleweight


21 Paul Williams welterweight


22 Ronald Wright light heavyweight


23 Daniel Ponce de Leon super bantamweight


24 Jean-Marc Mormeck cruiserweight


25 Roman Karmazin middleweight|||Highest level? Of competition/quality of opponent? He%26#039;s pretty much at it.|||Boxing Category Weight - Men Weight - Women


Strawweight up to 105 lbs up to 102 lbs (46.36 kilos)


Mini Flyweight - up to 105 lbs (47.627 kilos)


Junior Flyweight 105 to 108 lbs 105 to 108 lbs (48.988 kilos)


Flyweight 108 to 112 lbs 108 to 112 lbs (50.802 kilos)


Super Flyweight /


Junior Bantam Weight 112 to 115 lbs 112 to 115 lbs (52.163 kilos)


Bantamweight 115 to 118 lbs 115 to 118 lbs (53.524 kilos)


Super Bantamweight /


Junior Featherweight 118 to 122 lbs 118 to 122 lbs (55.338 kilos)


Featherweight 122 to 126 lbs 122 to 126 lbs (57.153 kilos)


Super Featherweight /


Junior Lightweight 126 to 130 lbs 126 to 130 lbs (58.967 kilos)


Lightweight 130 to 135 lbs 130 to 135 lbs (61.235 kilos)


Super Lightweight /


Junior Welterweight 135 to 140 lbs 135 to 140 lbs (63.503 kilos)


Welterweight 140 to 147 lbs 140 to 147 lbs (66.678 kilos)


Super Welterweight 147 to 154 lbs - (69.853 kilos)


Junior Middleweight - 147 to 154 lbs (69.853 kilos)


Middleweight 154 to 160 lbs 154 to 160 lbs (72.575 kilos)


Super Middleweight 160 to 168 lbs 160 to 168 lbs (76.204 kilos)


Light Heavyweight 168 to 175 lbs 168 to 175 lbs (79.379 kilos)


Cruiserweight 175 to 200 lbs - (90.719 kilos)


Heavyweight over 200 lbs Over 175 lbs -

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