JDHUNTING 1,817 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 A random one but who knows were some of the boxing weights got there names? Heavy, feather, straw are obvious but what about some of the others, bantam, welter cruiser etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 bantam must be after banty roosters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,941 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 A random one but who knows were some of the boxing weights got there names? Heavy, feather, straw are obvious but what about some of the others, bantam, welter cruiser etc straw lol, never heard that one . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,436 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 bantam must be after banty roosters Or are banty cocks named after the boxing weight class? Interesting topic, never really put much thought into the weight class names before. Hopefully someone like Gnasher will be along with an answer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 bantam must be after banty roosters Or are banty cocks named after the boxing weight class? Interesting topic, never really put much thought into the weight class names before. Hopefully someone like Gnasher will be along with an answer. banties would be here before organized boxing matches i think 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,436 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Good point actually pal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I've been led to believe that cruiserweight originates from a naval term. Cruisers are the second largest fighting ship, so cruiserweight are the second biggest fighters....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,941 Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I've been led to believe that cruiserweight originates from a naval term. Cruisers are the second largest fighting ship, so cruiserweight are the second biggest fighters....... what does 12 10lb-13st fight at then.? light heavy ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I've been led to believe that cruiserweight originates from a naval term. Cruisers are the second largest fighting ship, so cruiserweight are the second biggest fighters....... what does 12 10lb-13st fight at then.? light heavy ? 12st 7lb-14st 4lb is Cruiserweight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AKA-BRINDLE 879 Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 Back in the 1700's-early 1800's there was only one Champion...the English Champion...title usually held by the biggest blokes....Heavyweights... other weight classes came along later...an early one was Welter...this is a term taken from horse racing as I understand it...Bantam...I don't know....comparing the smaller men to the smaller game cocks maybe??...Straw weight is the term the WBC used but known as mini-fly weight by the IBF think this was established as late as 1987...others where established later too...super middleweight in 1984 and cruiserweight in 1979...like Angelo Dundee used to say...im still not sure what a Cruiserweight is! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,847 Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 apparently there is a pin weight and atom weight as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_class_%28boxing%29 Covers most of the weights. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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