Lightweight

Lightweight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.

Professional boxing

The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Alexis Argüello, Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Héctor Camacho, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Artur Grigorian, Joe Gans, Miguel Ángel González, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Juan Manuel Márquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sugar Shane Mosley, Carlos Ortiz, Manny Pacquiao, Edwin Valero, Pernell Whitaker, and Ike Williams.

Current champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	February 28, 2013	Teofimo Lopez	18-3-1 (8 KO)	1
WBC	November 17, 2012	Teofimo Lopez	26-0 (22 KO)	1
IBF	August 5, 2010	Teofimo Lopez	33-3 (13 KO)	5
WBO	January 6, 2012	Teofimo Lopez	35-2 (10 KO)	3

Main article: List of lightweight boxing champions

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions 1904 –  Harry Spanger (USA) 1908 – File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frederick Grace (GBR) 1920 –  Samuel Mosberg (USA) 1924 – File:Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Jacob Nielsen (DEN) 1928 – File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Carlo Orlandi (ITA) 1952 – File:Flag of Italy.svg Aureliano Bolognesi (ITA) 1956 – File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dick McTaggart (GBR) 1960 – File:Flag of Poland.svg Kazimierz Paździor (POL) 1964 – File:Flag of Poland.svg Józef Grudzień (POL) 1968 –  Ronnie Harris (USA) 1972 – File:Flag of Poland.svg Jan Szczepański (POL) 1976 –  Howard Davis Jr. (USA) 1980 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Ángel Herrera (CUB) 1984 –  Pernell Whitaker (USA) 1988 – File:Flag of East Germany.svg Andreas Zülow (GDR) 1992 –  Oscar De La Hoya (USA) 1996 – File:Flag of Algeria.svg Hocine Soltani (ALG) 2000 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Mario César Kindelán Mesa (CUB) 2004 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Mario César Kindelán Mesa (CUB) 2008 – File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) 2012 – File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

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