Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: October 28, 2024) |
61. Department of Business and Professional Regulation |
61K1. Florida Athletic Commission |
61K1-4. Health And Safety Standards For Amateur Boxing, Kickboxing, And Mixed Martial Arts |
1(1) Weight Classes.
4(a) Bantam Class.
71. No boxing match shall be permitted when there is a difference of weight between the bantam class amateurs that is greater than 5 pounds.
32(b) The following weight classes and differentials apply to amateurs in the Junior Class, Intermediate Class, and Senior Class, including all amateurs ages sixteen (16) years and younger:
60Name
61Weight (lbs)
63Pinweight
64100 or less
67Light Flyweight
69101 to 106
72Flyweight
73106 to 110
76Light Bantamweight
78110 to 114
81Bantamweight
82114 to 119
85Featherweight
86119 to 125
89Lightweight
90125 to 132
93Light Welterweight
95132 to 138
98Welterweight
99138 to 145
102Light Middleweight
104145 to 154
107Middleweight
108154 to 165
111Light Heavyweight
113165 to 176
116Heavyweight
117176 to 198
120Super Heavyweight
122198 and above
1251. No boxing match shall be permitted when there is a difference of weight between the junior class, intermediate class, and senior class amateurs that is greater than 5 pounds.
155(c) The following weight classes and differentials apply to amateurs in the Adult class and Master class, including all amateurs ages seventeen (17) and older:
180Name
181Weight (lbs)
183Weight Differential (lbs)
186Light Flyweight
188Less than 108
191Flyweight
192109 to 114
1956
196Bantamweight
197115 to 123
2008
201Lightweight
202124 to 132
2058
206Light Welterweight
208133 to 141
2118
212Welterweight
213142 to 152
21610
217Middleweight
218153 to 165
22112
222Light Heavyweight
224166 to 179
22713
228Heavyweight
229180 to 201
23222
233Super Heavyweight
235202 and above
238unlimited
239(2) The commission may approve weight classes outside of these ranges on a case by case basis for tournaments, qualifying for the Junior Olympics or the Olympics or for participating in the Junior Olympics or Olympics. Requests for approval shall be submitted to the commission office no less than 30 days prior to the event for review.
296(3) Additional Weight Class restrictions:
301(a) Amateur sanctioning organizations shall not permit amateurs to participate outside of the weight spread permitted in the weight class of the lightest amateur.
325(b) When matches involve amateurs with a crossover of age classes, the weight difference allowed between the amateurs will be that of the younger aged amateur’s class.
352(4) Weigh-in.
354(a) Amateurs shall be weighed within 28 hours of the scheduled match, at a time and place designated by the amateur sanctioning organization, in the presence of the amateur sanctioning organization supervisor on scales approved by the amateur sanctioning organization.
394(b) All weights shall be taken with the amateurs stripped of clothing and other weight bearing objects.
411Rulemaking Authority 413548.003(2) FS. 415Law Implemented 417548.003, 418548.0065 FS. 420History–421New 3-14-13.