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	Weight class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size.
		Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports (such as boxing, judo, wrestling, and mixed martial arts).
		It is generally considered an advantage to be the largest individual in a weight division, therefore some athletes will work hard to lose weight through dieting and dehydration prior to weigh-ins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weight_class (375 words)

	Boxing History Secrets Boxing News
		Boxing is a sport in which two fighters battle with their fists.
		Boxing began thousands of years ago, and for much of its history was an extremely brutal sport.
		Boxing was a brutal spectacle in ancient Greece.
	www.jkdstreetdefense.com /boxinghistory.html (3214 words)

	Boxing weight classes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boxing weight class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:
		Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:
		This page was last modified 20:22, 16 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing_weight_classes (63 words)

	BOXINGTALK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		If boxing is going to let Mike Tyson fight after attempting to eat Evander Holyfield’s ears as a snack, then it is simply unjustifiable to ban a doctor of all people from the sport for trying to cheat for his fighter.
		But boxing should be taking a stand to improve the sport, instead of just sweeping the poor elements under the mat and using hype and other sorts of garbage to distract the truths from the people.
		However, boxing has rules and although most are not followed, weighing in on the proper mark should be a fighters number one priority.
	www.boxingtalk.com /pages/free5487.htm (1181 words)

	Amateur and Professional Boxing Weight Classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Weight divisions, also called classes, exist in boxing so that competitors can be evenly matched in size.
		The weights and classes in women's professional boxing vary only slightly from those of the men.
		In professional boxing, the weight divisions are very closely spaced.
	www.ringofdreams.com /articles/boxingweightclasses.shtml (285 words)

	boxing
		Boxing is one of the oldest known sports.
		Harry Greb held the light heavyweight crown from 1922 to 1923 and the middleweight crown from 1923 to 1926.
		However, attendance at boxing matches declined during the 1950's with the rise of television.
	www.owingsmillsboxingclub.com /boxing.htm (3433 words)

	Olympic Preview: Boxing
		Although boxing was considered too violent for inclusion at the first modern Olympics in 1896, it showed up as a demonstration sport in 1904 in St. Louis and then as a medal sport in 1908 in London.
		Boxing was omitted once again, however, in 1912 in Stockholm.
		The boxers, separated into 12 different weight classes from light flyweight (48kg or about 106 pounds) to super heavyweight (over 91kg or 200+ pounds), are paired off after a random draw and compete in a single elimination tournament.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-boxing.html (479 words)

	Top20Boxing.com - Your Top20 Guide for Boxing!
		Boxing, however, probably grew most specifically out of the demonstrations held at the fives court and the tennis court in London in the early 19th century.
		Throughout the 20th century, new weight classes were added, extending the range down to strawweight and up to superheavyweight but with varying agreement over their definitions.
		In the late 19th and early 20th century, amateur boxing was encouraged in schools, universities and in the armed forces, but the champions, in the main, came from among the urban poor.
	www.top20boxing.com (6816 words)

	USA Boxing - 2004 OLYMPIC ATHLETE SELECTION PROCEDURES
		The 2003 Senior National Champion in each weight class shall box the 4th place finisher from the 2003 Senior National Championships, and the 2nd place finisher from the 2003 Senior National Championships shall box the 3rd place finisher from the 2003 Senior National Championships.
		The top four athletes in each weight class based on the fourth quarter 2003 USA Boxing rankings will be seeded as the top four seeds in each weight class for the 2004 USA Boxing Senior National Championships.
		The athletes who earn the right to be nominated to the 2004 Olympic Team in each weight class also earn the right to attend both the second and third Regional Olympic Qualifiers if their weight class hasn't already qualified at the 2003 Pan American Games.
	www.usaboxing.org /590.htm (2353 words)

	Boxing - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Boxing, also called pugilism and prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called "rounds".
		Earliest evidence suggests that boxing was prevalent in North Africa during 4000 BC and the Mediterranean in 1500 BC.
		The weight transfer for an uppercut is similar to that of the cross, except the arm is bent and extends outward from the boxer's guard instead of extending straight out from the chin.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Boxing (6893 words)

	Boxing for PlayStation Review - PlayStation Boxing Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Boxing is just simply a fun game to play that is more than worth its $10 price tag.
		Boxing for the PlayStation, at first glance, may seem as though it's a simple game for a younger audience since it has cartoon-style characters and what appears to be a limited amount of control.
		Die-hard boxing purists who are still looking for a game with true-to-life gameplay, however, will enjoy Knockout Kings 2000 for a brief period, quickly tire of its sim-free control, and keep looking.
	www.gamespot.com /ps/sports/boxing/review.html (653 words)

	boxing weight classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The weight classes for amateur (including Olympic) and professional boxing in the United States are:
		A boxer must weigh more than the maximum weight for the previous class and no more than the maximum weight for his class.
		Interestingly, though the weight classes are defined in kilograms, in the United States the weighing of boxers is done in customary units, which leads to one of the last survivals of the dram.
	www.sizes.com /sports/boxing.htm (144 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - BOXING: AIBA Announces the New Amateur Boxing Weight Classes
		COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA), the international governing body for amateur boxing, recently announced the new weight classes that will be used in Olympic-style boxing.
		Due to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) required reduction from 12 to 11 weight classes, the existing weight divisions had to be altered.
		USA Boxing Rules and Regulations mandate that any rules passed by AIBA must be adopted by USA Boxing, and therefore the new weight classes will be used at all USA Boxing events.
	www.usoc.org /73_6800.htm (177 words)

	Boxing News : Fischer : MaxBoxing's Top 29 Black Fighters of All Time
		The big boys are in a class of their own and the term "pound-for-pound" was created to give talented but overlooked fighters in the lighter weight classes the recognition they deserved.
		In an era when there were only eight weight divisions, Armstrong simultaneously held titles in three divisions and came within a hair of winning a title in a fourth.
		He was a force in HALF of boxing's weight classes - unbelievable, but true.
	www.maxboxing.com /Fischer/Fischer0215a04.asp (1129 words)

	Utah Summer Games - Boxing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Definition: Amateur or Olympic-style boxing is a blend of offensive and defensive skills used in the art of self-defense.
		The age of a boxer desiring to compete in USA Boxing sanctioned events shall be determined as the boxer’s age on August 1 of the current calendar year.
		The age divisions and weight classes for the Junior Olympic program consist of four age divisions.
	www.utahsummergames.org /sports/boxing.html (971 words)

	PlayStation VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... HBO Boxing __________\|
		Boxing games always require certain things to make successful graphics: excellent player models and fluid animations for punches.
		As for the fluid motions for the boxing styles, they flow decently, but the punches seem very slow.
		Those two fighters are just a sample of the 35 boxing stars from today and yesterday that are provided.
	www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/rd_psx_hboboxing.html (837 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Fantasy : Boxing
		Weight is also transferred from the rear foot to the lead foot, resulting in the rear heel turning outwards as it acts as a fulcrum for the transfer of weight.
		However, the rope-a-dope is generally discouraged in modern boxing since most opponents are not fooled by it and few boxers possess the physical toughness to withstand a prolonged, unanswered assault.
		The editor, Dr. George Lundberg, called boxing an "obscenity" that "should not be sanctioned by any civilized society." Since the AMA called for abolition of boxing, the British, Canadian, Australian and World Medical Association have also called for the sport's abolition, as have the American Neurological Association and the American Academy of Neurology.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Fantasy/Boxing.shtml (7091 words)

	Peace and A Poll \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		Ricky Hatton is their champion at junior welterweight, a weight class in which he no longer competes.
		This was called the Boxing Writers' Rankings Poll (BWRP) and was started by Boxingranks.com, where I was editor, a writer, and Internet radio producer and host in 2004 and 2005.
		In fact, at the rate boxing is going, it looks like there actually will be peace in the Middle East before there is a unified structure in boxing — assuming that boxing even survives that long.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/3982/peace-poll (1723 words)

	The WeBL Ring - Web Boxing League
		There are 17 weight classes and you may have a maximum of five fighters in each weight.
		Boxing articles, rankings, happenings from the Boxing world as well as the Web Boxing League (Fantasy Boxing).
		You have other sites that talk boxing, give their so called "unbiased" and "expert" opinions but they won't get to the point.
	s.webring.com /hub?ring=weblring (346 words)

	USA Boxing - THE OLYMPIC DRAW IS ANNOUNCED
		All 11 Olympic-style boxing weight classes were set by the random draw that took place using small balls with each country’s name to determine who each athlete would face throughout the competition.
		Light welterweight (141 lbs/64 kg) Rock Allen of Philadelphia, Pa., was the second U.S. boxer to receive a first round bye and he will take on the winner of the first round contest between Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria and Nasserredine of Algeria on August 19.
		Lightweight (132 lbs/60 kg) Vicente Escobedo will be the third U.S. boxer to compete in the Peristeri Boxing Hall in the 2004 Olympic Games when he takes the ring on Monday, August 16, and he drew Jose David Mosquera of Colombia in his first round bout.
	www.usaboxing.org /92_970.htm (516 words)

	Amatuer weight classes? - Boxing Forum
		The weights listed are for the 17 and up age group.
		If you are very lean, then you might want to gain some weight by adding muscle and box at 165.
		Moving up to 165lbs seems to much of a drastic change for me and i might be concerned on how it will affect my speed and constant footwork (which i rely on alot), but then again it feels that 165lbs would suit my height and body frame alot.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /forum/showthread.php?t=26172 (544 words)

	Weight Room, Boxing Area & Climbing Wall
		The Weight Room is located on the west end of the lower level of the Student Recreation Center.
		The Equipment Desk has a variety of weight lifting accessories that can be checked out for daily use.
		The Boxing Area is located on the lower level of the Student Recreation Center, next to the Men's Locker Room.
	www.siu.edu /~oirs/tour/tour_pages/weightroom_boxing_wall.html (357 words)

	Boxing Weight Classes - What if? - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums
		I think the reason why there are so many weight classes in boxing is because thats how you can really determine who is pound-for-pound the best at that weight.
		There has to be many more weight classes in boxing because there are far more boxers in this world than mixed martial artist.
		Maybe down the road, MMA will get away from the WWE business model so more fighters can get their due and the addition of weight classes would be a necesity.
	www.sherdog.net /forums/showthread.php?t=440033 (1220 words)

	.: Penn State Boxing Team :.
		Penn State has finished as one of the top six collegiate boxing teams in the last five years, and placed second in 1999 and 2001.
		The club scouts for both men and women of all weight classes,112/ 119/ 125/ 132/ 139/ 147/ 156/ 165/ 175/ 185/ 195/ Heavyweight.
		We are especially interested in 112, 125, 132, 175 185, 195, and heavyweight classes.
	www.personal.psu.edu /clubs/boxing/club.html (229 words)

	“Minotoro” Wins Brazilian National Boxing Championship
		The PRIDE star tried a new venture in the ring and in his amateur debut conquered the title in the super-heavyweight category last weekend in the 60th edition of the event in which teams from each Brazilian state battle in Olympic boxing weight classes.
		Under the watchful eyes of his twin brother Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures) and all the fans that were in the audience, “Minotoro” Defended his home state of Bahia, putting on a show in the finals as he outscored Cássio da Silva 26-9.
		He has a bright future and can give a lot of happiness to Brazilian boxing,” guarantees his coach Luís Dórea, who also revealed Acelino “Popó” Freitas to the boxing world.
	www.sherdog.com /news/news.asp?n_id=3724 (258 words)

	HBO: Boxing: Bios: EMANUEL STEWARD
		In 1980 Steward was selected by the Boxing Writer's Association of America as "Manager of the Year" and in 1997 was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
		Hearns went on to win world titles in five different weight classes on his way to boxing immortality.
		He has designed and patented a new boxing glove used by many of today's world champions and has designed improvements to other equipment as well.
	www.hbo.com /boxing/bios/emanuel_steward.html (453 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - boxing
		BOXING: Quarterfinal Bouts are Contested at the 2005 Junior Olympic National Championships in Brownsville, Texas
		BOXING: Eleven new national champions are crowned at the 2003 Everlast Men’s U.S. Boxing Championships
		BOXING: United States Team II grabs five victories over Puerto Rico on the second night of the Titan Games.
	www.usoc.org /73_13086.htm?filterby=Boxing (3900 words)

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		Great consideration is given to all corners of the boxing world and if a member so chooses, their gym can be of tremendous international variety.
		As KO Fantasy Boxing is based in Massachusetts they are proud to feature a good many New England based and affiliated fighters.
		A prime objective of KO Fantasy Boxing is to help rejuvenate the âsweet scienceâ by instilling a new element of fan participation in their favorite fighters careers.
	jeffcityboxing.com /2004_03_21_ (508 words)

	Everlast High Performance Protective Boxing Cup - $57.95
		The new design reduces weight and improves mobility while continuing to provide a very protective, securely and comfortable fitting product suitable for all weight classes and body types.
		The difference is in the multiple layers of high-density shock absorbing foam and the thick vinyl covering that cushions impacts.
		The new lace-up back further reduces weight and provides a secure, comfortable fit.
	www.boxingdepot.com /bx-sp-30.html (166 words)

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