Q&A on the News
Q: What are the names of all the weight classes in pro boxing and what are the weight requirements for each?
—Lane Tharp, Brookhaven
A: There are 17 weight classes in pro boxing, some of which have different names for the same weight classes, depending on the organizing body.
- Minimumweight (mini flyweight or strawweight): up to and including 105 pounds
- Junior flyweight (light flyweight): more than 105 to 108
- Flyweight: more than 108 to 112
- Super flyweight (junior bantamweight): more than 112 to 115
- Bantamweight: more than 115 to 118
- Super bantamweight (junior featherweight): more than 118 to 122
- Featherweight: more than 122 to 126
- Super featherweight (junior lightweight): more than 126 to 130
- Lightweight: more than 130 to 135
- Super lightweight (junior welterweight or light welterweight): more than 135 to 140
- Welterweight: more than 140 to 147
- Super welterweight (junior middleweight or light middleweight): more than 147 to 154
- Middleweight: more than 154 to 160
- Super middleweight: more than 160 to 168
- Light heavyweight: more than 168 to 175
- Cruiserweight (junior heavyweight): more than 175 to 200
- Heavyweight: more than 200 pounds
Q: A couple of years ago, a utility worker was burned on Birmingham Highway. Has there been an update on his condition?
—Marlow Skinner, Alpharetta
A: Kylan Warren, a lineman for Georgia Power, died about one month after the accident on July 15, 2010. Warren, who was from Ellijay, was working in Milton when crewmembers accidentally drilled into a natural gas line. He was in a bucket, about 30 feet high, when the explosion occurred. Warren was burned over 80 percent of his body and spent the month after the accident at Grady Memorial Hospital's burn unit.
Andy Johnston wrote this column. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
