Boxing History
Boxing definition: the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport .
Boxing: A Manly History of the Sweet Science of Bruising
There are 17 primary weight classes in professional boxing: strawweight, to 105 lbs (48 kg); junior flyweight, to 108 lbs (49 kg); flyweight, to 112 lbs (51 kg); junior bantamweight, to 115 lbs (52 kg); bantamweight, to 118 lbs (53.5 kg); junior featherweight, to 122 lbs (55 kg); featherweight, to 126 lbs (57 kg); junior lightweight, to 130 lbs (59 kg); lightweight, to 135 lbs (61 kg); junior welterweight, 140 lbs (63.5 kg); welterweight, to 147 lbs (67 kg); junior middleweight, 154 lbs (70 kg); middleweight, to 160 lbs (72.5 kg); super middleweight, 168 lbs (76 kg); light heavyweight, to 175 lbs (79 kg); cruiserweight, 190 lbs (86 kg); and heavyweight, over 190 lbs.
A bout can be won either by knocking out or felling one's opponent for a count of 10 (a KO) or by delivering the most solid blows and thus amassing the most points. The referee can also stop the fight when one boxer is being badly beaten (a technical knockout, or TKO) or he can disqualify a fighter for rules violations and award the fight to his opponent - merriam-wesbter.com
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John L. Sullivan. Jack Johnson (77-13-14, 48KOs), Gene Tunney (61-1-4, 45KOs), Jack Dempsey (61-6-9, 50KOs), Joe Louis (68-3-0, 54KOs), Rocky Marciano (49-0-0, 43KOs), Jake LaMotta (83-19-4, 30KOs), Sugar Ray Robinson (128-1-2 109KOs), Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali (56-5-0, 37KOs), Joe Frazier (32-4-1, 27KOs), George Forman (76-5-0, 68KOs), Marvin Hagler (62-3-2, 52KOs), Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1, 25KOs), Thomas Hearns (62-5-1, 48KOs), Mike Tyson (50-6-0, 44KOs).
