That fight was a draw, but in the rematch in March 1980 Camel won and became the first cruiserweight champion. In kickboxing, a cruiserweight fighter generally weighs between 82 kg (181 lb) and 88 kg (195 lb). The name reappeared in America (in 1980) for a new class of 190, then 195, and currently 200 pound boxers. The division was next established as 176-190 lbs (80.0 – 86.2 kg or 12 stone 6 lbs – 13 stone 6 lbs) by the World Boxing Council (WBC) in 1979, then the World Boxing Association (WBA) in 1982, and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in 1983. Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Several boxers moved up to heavyweight after winning world titles at cruiserweight. The organization was the first to sanction a match between Mate Parlov and Marvin Camel for its version of the title on 8 December 1979. In 2003 the current limit was established. The cruiserweight division first originated in England (later called lighter-heavyweight). Camel beat Parlov in this bout to become the first cruiserweight champion. So they made a weight class in-between. This match ended in a draw but the rematch was scheduled to take place in March 1980. Professional boxing. Evander Holyfield unified the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles to become undisputed champion, the first to do so, and then moved up to the heavyweight division in 1988. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds in their career, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least 210 pounds. The World Boxing Association (WBA), in 1982, recognized their first cruiserweight champion as Ossie Ocasio when he beat the South African Robbie Williams. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Cruiserweight (professional and amateur) division is 186.1 lbs.–195 lbs. Evander Holyfield was the first boxer to unify the WBA, WBC and IBF titles to become the undisputed champion and moved up to the heavyweight division in 1988. Most of the boxing authorities felt that it was not fair to have men weighing between 176 pounds and 190 pounds fight larger men who weight about 220 to 230 pounds. – 195 lbs. The World Kickboxing Network ® (WKN) brand name, all logos, symbols and trademarks displayed on this website are property of World Kickboxing Network ltd, and protected under international law. The record for the most consecutive title defenses is jointly held by Marco Huck and Johnny Nelson, with both achieving 13 defenses of the WBO title. However, following WCW's purchase, the WWF/E considered the title to be a continuation of the earlier WCW Light Heavyweight Championship, which had been created in 1991 with Brian Pillman as the inaugural champion. It was felt by many boxing authorities that asking men weighing between 176 and 190 pounds to fight these larger men was unfair. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. 8 lbs. For the weight class in professional wrestling, see, Longest reigning world cruiserweight champions, Last edited on 29 September 2020, at 22:19, Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of world cruiserweight boxing champions, "Professional boxing record: Johnny Nelson", "Professional boxing record: Krzysztof Włodarczyk", "Professional boxing record: Denis Lebedev", "Professional boxing record: Guillermo Jones", "Professional boxing record: Juan Carlos Gomez", "Professional boxing record: Anaclet Wamba", "Professional boxing record: Yoan Pablo Hernández", "Professional boxing record: Vassily Jirov", "Professional boxing record: Oleksandr Usyk", "Professional boxing record: Jean-Marc Mormeck", "Professional boxing record: Ossie Ocasio", "Professional boxing record: Evander Holyfield", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cruiserweight_(boxing)&oldid=981037612, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 22:19.
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