The following weight divisions were updated by the NC Boxing Commission on 11/15/16 and are effective as of this date.
14B NCAC 10 .0601 WEIGH-INS-KICKBOXING
Kickboxing shall be classified by weight as shown in the following schedule. A contest shall not be permitted if the difference in weight between contestants exceeds the difference shown in the following schedule:
Division |
Weight Range |
Allowances |
|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | —118 1bs and under | No more than 4 pounds |
| Bantamweight | Over 118.1 pounds to 125 pounds | No more than 5 pounds |
| Featherweight | Over 125.1 pounds to 132 pounds | No more than 6 pounds |
| Lightweight | Over 132.1 pounds to 140 pounds | No more than 7 pounds |
| Light Welterweight | Over 140.1 pounds to 148 pounds | No more than 7 pounds |
| Welterweight | Over 148.1 pounds to 155 pounds | No more than 7 pounds |
| Light Middleweight | Over 155.1 pounds to 164 pounds | No more than 8 pounds |
| Middleweight | Over 164.1 pounds to 170 pounds | No more than 9 pounds |
| Light Heavyweight | Over 170.1 pounds to 180 pounds | No more than 10 pounds |
| Heavyweight | Over 180.1 pounds to 195 pounds | No more than 12 pounds |
| Super Heavyweight | Over 195.1 pounds | No limit |
(2) No contest shall be scheduled and no contestants shall engage in a bout between the opposite sexes, or where the weight difference exceeds an allowance of 3.5 percent of the division weight without the approval of the commission representative
History Note: Authority G.S. 143-652.1;
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 1996;
Recodified from 18 NCAC 09 .0108(a)-(b) Eff. April 1, 1996;
Eff. April 1, 1996;
Transferred and recodified from 18 NCAC 09 Eff. November 8, 2002;
Amended Eff. March 1, 2008 (recodified from 14A NCAC 12 .0113);
Transferred from 14A NCAC 12 .0601 Eff. June 1, 2013;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
2018.