Choosing the right boxing stance is a critical decision for any fighter. It’s a choice that can significantly impact your fighting style, strengths, and weaknesses. To make the right decision, consider your natural hand dominance. If your dominant hand is your left, the orthodox stance (left foot forward) might be more comfortable, while right-handed individuals may prefer the southpaw stance (right foot forward). Experimenting with both stances during training can help you determine which feels more natural and effective for your style. Ultimately, the right stance should complement your strengths and improve your overall boxing performance.

Notable bantamweight boxers include Anselmo Moreno, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Tim Austin, Orlando Canizales, and Naoya Inoue. Inoue is undefeated (24-0, 21 KO) and is the undisputed bantamweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO belts.

There are subtle differences in weight classes and divisions for professional boxing and amateur boxing, as well as for MMA, but, in general, the breakdown is similar. Boxing matches are usually scheduled for fixed weight classes and prior to every fight, competitors must weigh in so as to ensure they do not exceed the upper weight limit for their division. However, boxers may compete above their weight class, for example, when Manny Pacquiao went up against Antonio Margarito for a 154-pound title and weighed under the welterweight limit.

In this article, we will take a closer look at some of the greatest boxers who started late and still managed to achieve success. We will examine their training routines, fighting styles, and the factors contributing to their success. Let’s get into it.

The amount of world titles available in each division has long gone past the ridiculous stage. In the 1940s, only eight men on the planet could call themselves a "world champion". Now, including WBA "regular" and "interim" versions, we’re well over the 100 mark.

The Light Heavyweight division is known for producing a handful of champions who have been able to step up to the full Heavyweight class, including Michael Spinks, Roy Jones Jr, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Patterson, and Evander Holyfield. Bernard Hopkins is known as one of the best fighters in history who competed across for decades, from the 1980s onwards.

Professional Boxing has five major governing bodies(WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA, and IBO) and each of them has different titles and champions in each division boxing. Here, we have compiled a list of current champions from both men and women divisions of all these major federations.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. boasts an impressive collection of titles, including the Lineal and WBC Super Featherweight, Lineal and WBC Lightweight, WBC Super Lightweight, IBF, WBC and Lineal Welterweight, and WBC and Lineal Super Welterweight Championships. Mayweather also got the better of Manny Pacquiao, the only fighter to have won championships across all glamor divisions.

These are the traditional eight weight divisions which have been added to during the last century. There is a list of 17 classes in all which are used today, with several newer divisions slotting between the above eight. The new categories mean that fighters are even more precisely matched in terms of weight. They also make it easier for fighters to move between the different divisions. The full list is below, from heaviest to lightest.

Weight classes exist because boxing matches are seen as more fair when the fighters are similar in size. This helps reduce any advantages that come from one boxer being physically bigger than the other. Boxing officials put fighters into different weight groups to make sure the fights are balanced, and the sport stays fair and honest.

When the (amateur) International Boxing Association (AIBA) was founded in 1946 to govern amateur boxing, it metricated the weight class limits by rounding them to the nearest kilogram. Subsequent alterations as outlined in the boxing at the Summer Olympics article; these have introduced further discrepancies between amateur and professional class limits and names. The lower weight classes are to be adjusted in September 2010, to establish an absolute minimum weight for adult boxers.

On August 10, the bout against Spence was cancelled because of Spence's eye injury and is replaced by Yordenis Ugás, who was supposed to defend his WBA (Super) welterweight title on the undercard against Fabian Maidana. The new opponent meant that Pacquiao would now instead be challenging for the same title he had previously won by defeating Keith Thurman in 2019 and was subsequently stripped of. Pacquiao appeared to relish the opportunity, stating, "The proper way and the only way to win a world title is inside the ring." Prior to the fight, Pacquiao admitted that his bout with Ugás may be the final fight of his career.

Roughly twenty years later, eight traditional weight-classes with specific limits debuted thanks to the National Sporting Club of London: heavyweight, cruiserweight, welterweight, middleweight, lightweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and flyweight.