Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 120 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION › Chapter 40 - VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND WRESTING EVENTS REGULATIONS › Part VII - Event Licensing and Conduct Standards for Boxing › Section 18VAC120-40-295 - Weight classes and weigh-ins and prefight meeting

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Weight classes are as follows:
Weight Class
Weight in Lbs
Max Weight Spread
Glove sizes
Mini-Flyweight
105 & below
3 lbs
8 oz
Light-Flyweight
105.1 - 108
3 lbs
8 oz
Flyweight
108.1 - 112
3 lbs
8 oz
Junior Bantamweight
112.1 - 115
3 lbs
8 oz
Bantamweight
115.1 - 118
3 lbs
8 oz
Junior Featherweight
118.1 - 122
4 lbs
8 oz
Featherweight
122.1 - 126
4 lbs
8 oz
Junior Lightweight
126.1 - 130
4 lbs
8 oz
Lightweight
130.1 - 135
5 lbs
8 oz
Junior Welterweight
135.1 - 140
5 lbs
8 oz
Welterweight
140.1 - 147
7 lbs
8 oz
Super Welterweight
147.1 - 154
7 lbs
10 oz
Middleweight
154.1 - 160
7 lbs
10 oz
Super Middleweight
160.1 - 168
7 lbs
10 oz
Light-Heavyweight
168.1 - 175
7 lbs
10 oz
Cruiserweight
175.1 - 200
12 lbs
10 oz
Heavyweight
200.1 and up
No limit
10 oz
B.
				  No boxer may engage in a contest without the approval of the department or its
				  contractor if the difference in weight between the boxers exceeds the allowance
				  shown in subsection A of this section.
C. If one of the two boxers in a contest is
				  above or below the weights shown in subsection A of this section, both boxers
				  shall wear the gloves of the higher weight.
D. Boxers shall be weighed within 24 hours
				  prior to the scheduled event. Each boxer and second shall appear at a time and
				  place designated by the promoter and approved by the department or its
				  contractor to be weighed on scales approved by the department or its contractor
				  in the presence of each other, the promoter or his representative and a
				  designee of the department or its contractor. Boxers shall have all weight
				  removed from their bodies before the weigh-in but may wear shorts in the case
				  of males, and shorts and shirts in the case of females. Once weigh-ins
				  commence, the scales shall not be moved until weigh-ins are complete.
E. When weigh-ins occur within 24 hours, but
				  not less than 12 hours prior to the event's scheduled start time, the boxer
				  shall not exceed the weight specified in his contract with the promoter. If a
				  boxer exceeds the weight specified in the contract he shall not compete unless
				  he:
1. Loses the weight exceeded in the
				  contract at least 12 hours prior to the event's scheduled start time;
2. Loses all but two pounds of the weight
				  exceeded in the contract at least 12 hours prior to the event's scheduled start
				  time and loses the final two pounds at least six hours prior to the event's
				  scheduled start time; or
3.
				  Renegotiates the contract.
Boxers who weigh-in 24 hours prior to the scheduled event
					 shall be required to re-weigh two hours prior to the event's scheduled start
					 time and will not be permitted to exceed the weight specified in the contract
					 by more than 10 pounds.