Confused: How many different boxing weights are there and who are the current champs of each weight?
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Updated: Nov. 6, 2006, 11:00 AM ETReigning Champions
HEAVYWEIGHT (UNLIMITED)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Nikolai Valuev Oleg Maskaev Wladimir Klitschko Shannon Briggs
CRUISERWEIGHT (190 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(a) Virgil Hill O'Neil Bell vacant Enzo Maccarinelli
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Silvio Branco Tomasz Adamek Clinton Woods Zsolt Erdei
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Mikkel Kessler Mikkel Kessler Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe
MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(b) Javier Castillejo Jermain Taylor Arthur Abraham Jermain Taylor
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT/SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Jose Antonio Rivera Oscar De La Hoya Cory Spinks Sergei Dzindziruk
WELTERWEIGHT (147 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
vacant Floyd Mayweather Jr. Kermit Cintron Antonio Margarito
JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT/SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Souleymane M'baye Junior Witter Juan Urango Miguel Cotto
LIGHTWEIGHT (135 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Juan Diaz (c) Joel Casamayor (d) Jesus Chavez Acelino "Popo" Freitas
JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT/SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Edwin Valero Marco Antonio Barrera Malcolm Klassen Joan Guzman
FEATHERWEIGHT (126 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Chris John Rodolfo Lopez Orlando Salido (e) Scott Harrison
JR. FEATHERWEIGHT/SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Celestino Caballero Israel Vazquez vacant Daniel Ponce De Leon
BANTAMWEIGHT (118 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Wladimir Sidorenko Hozumi Hasegawa Rafael Marquez Jhonny Gonzalez
JR. BANTAMWEIGHT/SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Nobuo Nashiro (f) Masamori Tokuyama vacant Fernando Montiel
FLYWEIGHT (112 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Lorenzo Parra Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Vic Darchinyan Omar Narvaez
JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Koki Kameda Omar Nino Romero Ulises Solis Hugo Cazares
STRAWWEIGHT (105 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Yutaka Niida Eagle Kyowa Muhammad Rachman Ivan Calderon
NOTES:
(a) O'Neil Bell is the WBA cruiserweight "super world champion."
(b) Jermain Taylor is the WBA middleweight "super world champion."
(c) David Diaz is the WBC interim champion.
(d) Julio Diaz is the IBF interim champion.
(e) Juan Manuel Marquez is the interim WBO featherweight champion.
(f) Cristian Mijares is the interim WBC junior bantamweight champion.
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