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Light middleweight

Weight class in boxing and kickboxing

Weight class in boxing and kickboxing

Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight, is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports.

Boxing

The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA and WBC), is a weight division in professional boxing, above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 kg (147+ to 154 pounds).

History

This division was established in 1961, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round decision. Three days later, the World Boxing Association championship was created when Denny Moyer outpointed Joey Giambra. The World Boxing Council recognized the WBA champion as the true division champion until 1975, when it stripped their current champion and sanctioned a fight between Miguel de Oliveira and Jose Duran for the vacant title. De Oliveira won the title over 15 rounds in 1975. The International Boxing Federation crowned its first champion when Mark Medal defeated Earl Hargrove in 1984. The World Boxing Organization crowned its first champion when John David Jackson defeated Lupe Aquino in 1988.

Popular boxers to have held championships in this division were Nino Benvenuti, Canelo Álvarez, Manny Pacquiao, Wilfred Benítez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Miguel Cotto, Thomas Hearns, Mike McCallum, Julian Jackson, Roberto Durán, Terry Norris, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Zab Judah and Winky Wright.

Current world champions

Main article: List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

Male champions

Sanctioning BodyReign BeganChampionRecordDefenses
WBASeptember 13, 2025Abass Baraou17–1 (9 KO)0
WBCMarch 30, 2024Sebastian Fundora23–1–1 (15 KO)2
IBFJanuary 31, 2026Josh Kelly18–1–1 (9 KO)0
WBOJuly 26, 2025Xander Zayas22–0 (13 KO)0

Female champions

Sanctioning BodyReign BeganChampionRecordDefenses
WBASeptember 28, 2024Mary Spencer10–2 (6 KO)1
WBCNovember 18, 2023Ema Kozin24–1–1 (12 KO)0
IBFNovember 22, 2024Oshae Jones9–0 (3 KO)1
WBONovember 18, 2023Ema Kozin24–1–1 (12 KO)0

Current world rankings

''The Ring''

As of November 18, 2025.

Keys: : Current The Ring world champion

RankNameRecord (W–L–D)Title(s)
C
1Vergil Ortiz Jr.24–0 (22 KO)
2Sebastian Fundora23–1–1 (15 KO)WBC
3Israil Madrimov10–2–1 (7 KO)
4Bakhram Murtazaliev23–0 (17 KO)IBF
5Xander Zayas22–0 (13 KO)WBO
6Jaron Ennis35–0–0–1 (31 KO)
7Brandon Adams26–4 (16 KO)
8Jesus Ramos23–1 (19 KO)
9Abass Baraou17–1 (9 KO)WBA
10Serhii Bohachuk26–3 (24 KO)

BoxRec

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RankNameRecord (W–L–D)PointsTitle(s)
1Jermell Charlo35–1–1 (18 KO)147.5
2Sebastian Fundora19–0–1 (13 KO)95.41
3Brian Castaño17–1–2 (12 KO)73.74
4Tim Tszyu21–0 (15 KO)73.04
5Liam Smith31–3–1 (17 KO)52.37
6Israil Madrimov8–0 (6 KO)48.45
7Erickson Lubin24–2 (17 KO)47.71
8Jack Culcay30–4 (13 KO)37.45
9Tony Harrison29–3–1 (21 KO)33.06
10Dennis Hogan30–4–1 (7 KO)32.00

Kickboxing

In the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF), Super Welterweight is 147.1 - 153 lb (66.9 - 69.5 kg) & Light Middleweight is 153.1 - 159 lb (69.6 - 72.3 kg).

Lethwei

The World Lethwei Championship recognizes the light middleweight with an upper limit of 71 kg. In World Lethwei Championship, Sasha Moisa is the Light middleweight Champion.

References and notes

References

  1. Per [http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/light-middleweight/ ''Boxing News'']
  2. Per [http://www.wboboxing.com/rankings WBO]
  3. Per [http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/ IBF]
  4. Per [https://www.ringtv.com/ratings/?weightclass=277 ''The Ring'']
  5. Per [http://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-ranking WBA]
  6. Per [https://wbcboxing.com/en/superwelterweight/ WBC]
  7. Per [http://boxrec.com/en/ratings BoxRec]
  8. "The Ring ratings: light middleweight".
  9. "BoxRec ratings: super welter, active".
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