Lightweight

Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.

Boxing

Professional boxing

The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams.

Current world champions

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA		Vacant
WBC	November 16, 2023	Shakur Stevenson	24–0	3
IBF	June 9, 2025	Raymond Muratalla	23–0	0
WBO	November 22, 2025	Abdullah Mason	20–0	0

Current world rankings

''The Ring''

As of August 11, 2025.
Keys:

Rank	Name	Record	Title
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1	Shakur Stevenson	24–0	WBC
2	Gervonta Davis	30–0–1	WBA
3	Raymond Muratalla	23–0	IBF
4	William Zepeda	33–1
5	Andy Cruz	6–0
6	Floyd Schofield	19–0
7	Denys Berinchyk	19–1
8	Sam Noakes	17–0
9	Abdullah Mason	20–0	WBO
10	Lucas Bahdi	20–0

''BoxRec''

As of May 19, 2025.

Rank	Name	Record	Title
1	Gervonta Davis	30–0–1	WBA
2	Shakur Stevenson	23–0	WBC
3	Raymond Muratalla	23–0
4	William Zepeda Segura	33-0
5	Keyshawn Davis	13–0–0–1
6	Lamont Roach Jr.	25–1–2
7	Zaur Abdullaev	20–2
8	Sam Noakes	17–0
9	Abdullah Mason	20–0
10	Jadier Herrera	17–0

Longest reigning world lightweight champions

Below is a list of "longest reigning lightweight champions" career time as champion does not apply.

	Name	Title Reign	Title recognition	Successful defenses	Beaten opponents	Fights
1.	Benny Leonard	7 years, 7 months, 17 days	World	6	6
2.	Artur Grigorian	7 years, 6 months, 20 days	WBO	17	17
3.	Jack McAuliffe	6 years, 7 months, 12 days	World	7	6
4.	Roberto Durán	6 years, 7 months, 5 days	WBA	12	11
5.	Ike Williams	6 years, 1 month, 7 days	World	8	6
6.	Joe Gans	6 years, 27 days	World	15	13
7.	Joe Brown	5 years, 7 months, 27 days	World	11	10
8.	Devin Haney	4 years, 1 month, 7 days	WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO	7	6
9.	Miguel Vazquez	4 years, 29 days	IBF	6	6
10.	Sammy Mandell	4 years, 14 days	NBA	4	4
11.	Paul Spadafora	3 years, 10 months	IBF	8	8

Amateur boxing

Olympic Champions

Men’s

1904 –
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Pan American Champions
1951 – Oscar Gallardo
1955 – Miguel Ángel Péndola
1959 – Abel Laudonio
1963 – Roberto Caminero
1967 – Enrique Regueiferos
1971 – Luis Dávila
1975 – Chris Clarke
1979 – Adolfo Horta
1983 – Pernell Whitaker
1987 – Julio Gonzáles
1991 – Julio Gonzáles
1995 – Julio Gonzáles
1999 – Mario César Kindelán Mesa
2003 – Mario César Kindelán Mesa
2007 – Yordenis Ugás
2011 – Yasniel Toledo
Kickboxing

Lightweight 127.1 lb - 132 lb or 57.77 kg - 60 kg.
Women's divisions also use this weight class, but usually at a lower weight than the men's divisions.
In Glory promotion, a lightweight division is up to 70 kg.
In ONE Championship, the lightweight division limit is.

Bare-knuckle boxing

The limit for lightweight generally differs among promotions in bare-knuckle boxing:

In Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the lightweight division has an upper limit of.
In BKB™, the lightweight division has an upper limit of.
Lethwei

In World Lethwei Championship, the lightweight division has an upper limit of.

Mixed martial arts

In MMA, the lightweight division is from 146 lb to 155 lb.

Rowing

At the international level, for crew boats, the limits are:

Men: Crew average – no rower over
Women: Crew average – no rower over

For single sculls, the limits are for men and for women.
Originally, lightweight rowing was a introduced as a category at the 1996 Summer Olympics, due to countries with athletes of smaller average stature competing with an unfair disadvantage, as rowing favors taller athletes who have more leverage.
Current Olympic-class lightweight events in rowing are the men's lightweight double sculls, and the women's lightweight double sculls. From 1996 to 2016, there was also the men's lightweight coxless four event.

Sumo

In amateur sumo competitions sanctioned by the International Sumo Federation, the lightweight class is defined as no heavier than for men, for boys, for women, and for girls.