Boxers: Weight Classes; Weight Differences; Weight Loss after Weigh-in

(1) The weight classes for boxers and the weights for each class are shown in the following schedule: (a) Strawweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up to 105 lbs. (b) Light-Flyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 105 to 108 lbs. (c) Flyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 108 to 112 lbs. (d) Super Flyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 112 to 115 lbs. (e) Bantamweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 115 to 118 lbs. (f) Super Bantamweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 118 to 122 lbs. (g) Featherweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 122 to 126 lbs. (h) Super Featherweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 126 to 130 lbs. (i) Lightweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 130 to 135 lbs. (j) Super Lightweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 135 to 140 lbs. (k) Welterweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 140 to 147 lbs. (l) Super Welterweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 147 to 154 lbs. (m) Middleweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 154 to 160 lbs. (n) Super Middleweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 160 to 168 lbs. (o) Light-heavyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 168 to 175 lbs. (p) Cruiserweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 175 to 195 lbs. (q) Heavyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . all over 195 lbs. (2) No boxing contest or exhibition may be scheduled, and no boxer may engage in a boxing contest or exhibition, without the approval of the Commission if the difference in weight between boxers exceeds the allowance shown in the following schedule: (a) up to 118 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 3 lbs. (b) 118 lbs.-126 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 5 lbs. (c) 126 lbs.-135 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 7 lbs. (d) 135 lbs.-147 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 9 lbs. (e) 147 lbs.-160 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 11 lbs. (f) 160 lbs.-175 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 12 lbs. (g) 175 lbs.-195 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than 20 lbs. (h) 195 lbs. and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no limit.