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Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding.
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Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding.
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division is the amateur equivalent of the heavyweight division in professional boxing. The super heavyweight division was introduced because the general increase in the weight of top heavyweights throughout the 20th century meant that the heavyweight division became excessively broad, with the smaller men having little chance of competing effectively. Therefore, the bigger men were split off into the new super heavyweight division. Professional boxing also made this split, but instead of renaming the unlimited division, it introduced the cruiserweight division for the smaller heavyweights, and continued to call the unlimited division heavyweight. In the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF), the Super Heavyweight class (pro and amateur) is for kickboxers weighing 106.8 kilograms (235 lb) and above. [1]
Tyrell Biggs (USA)
Lennox Lewis (CAN)
Roberto Balado (CUB)
Wladimir Klitschko (UKR)
Audley Harrison (GBR)
Alexander Povetkin (RUS)
Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) Anthony Joshua (GBR)
Tony Yoka (FRA)
Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB) Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB)The super heavyweight division in MMA generally refers to competitors weighing more than 265 lb (120 kg), as up to 265 a competitor is considered to be part of the heavyweight division. In modern MMA, no current major organisation has introduced an actual super heavyweight division. The WEC was the only major promotion to possess a Super Heavyweight championship (2005–2006). The WEC Super Heavyweight division was abolished in December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.
Although not generally used as a formal weight division in professional wrestling, the term "super heavyweight" is frequently used informally to refer to outsized wrestlers, typically with large obese physiques. [2]
Superheavyweight is a class in robot combat as well, with "superheavyweight" robots able to weigh up to 340 pounds. [ citation needed ]
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above 115 lb (52.2 kg) and up to 118 lb (53.5 kg). In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between 53 and 55 kilograms. In MMA, bantamweight is 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg).
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term welterweight was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. If used, welterweight is typically between lightweight and middleweight.
Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
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Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom.
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Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes:
The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts (MMA) generally groups fighters between 206–265 lb (93.4–120.2 kg).
The super heavyweight division in mixed martial arts has no weight limit but generally refers to competitors weighing above 265 lb (120 kg). This is the definition used by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Mixed martial arts weight classes are weight classes that pertain to the sport of mixed martial arts.
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