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unusual facts about weight class



Timor-Leste at the 2002 Asian Games

De Araújo was the first East Timorese at the Olympics, he represented East Timor in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the same weight class.


see also

Big James Henderson

:→ former IPF world record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) for over 7 years; surpassed by Brian Siders's 712.1 lb (323.0 kg) (equipped in singleply bench shirt) in 2004

Boxing in India

India has not produced a world champion in any weight class, although it is a regular medal-holder at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Catch weight

Recent examples of catch weight fights where a weight limit was different from that of a defined weight class include the second fight between Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik, which was fought at a catch weight of 166 pounds and the Félix Trinidad-Roy Jones, Jr. fight, which was fought at 171 pounds.

Davy Dona

Davy Dona (born October 13, 1981 in Choisy-le-Roi, France) is a French karateka who won a gold medal in the men's kumite -60 kg weight class at the 2003 European Karate Championships.

Girls S-Cup

It was competed in the 51 kg weight class, also featuring a 54 kg opening match, one exhibition match between Nanae Takahashi and Fuka Kakimoto, and a 59 kg match.

Hawa Singh

Captain Hawa Singh (December 16, 1937 in Umarwas, Haryana - August 14, 2000, in Bhiwani, Haryana) was an Indian Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class.

Jackie Groenen

On 6 March 2010 she won the gold medal in the under 17 age group in Tilburg, Netherlands and on the European level at the European championships in June 2010 in Teplice she won the bronze medal of the under 17 age group, weight class -40 kg.

Kennedy McKinney

McKinney then moved up a weight class to challenge Luisito Espinosa for the WBC featherweight title in 1998.

Liu Deli

In the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg weight class in 2012, he lost in the first round to Mihály Deák-Bárdos.

María Espinoza

She participated in +67 kg weight class in the 2008 Beijing starting with a victory over Tunisian Khaoula Ben Hamza by a score of 4-0, later she beat Swedish Karolina Kedzierska 4-2.

Maria Monica Merenciano

In 2001, Ufa hosted the European Championships, and Merenciano won a bronze in her weight class.

Mathieu Cossou

Mathieu Cossou (born June 1, 1985 in Colombes, France) is a French karateka who won a silver medal in the men's kumite -65 kg weight class at the 2005 European Karate Championships.

Mixed martial arts weight classes

With no state or government laws regarding weight class restrictions, Japanese organizations are free to schedule bouts with little regard for weight differential.

Natalie Brown

Natalie Brown (boxer) (born 1979), Jamaican/American amateur boxer who competed in the 67 kg weight class at the 2001 and 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships

Souad Dinar

Souad Dinar (born August 16, 1977) is a French weightlifter in the 58 kg weight class.

Steve Mocco

Wrestling at the 120 kg weight class, Mocco first wrestled India's Rajiv Tomar in the round of 16.

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson

The bout between Marloes Coenen and Miesha Tate was originally scheduled to be for the Women's Welterweight belt, but it was renamed to a Women's Bantamweight Championship bout by Zuffa to achieve consistency with the weight class names in the promotion.

Taha Akgül

At the 2012 World University Wrestling Championships held in Kuortane, Finland, he became gold medalist in his weight class.