Most professional boxing organizations recognize 105 lbs. (or less) as the lightest weight class. This goes by different names, such as Minimumweight, Strawweight, and Mini Flyweight.
The Olympics have a different set of standards and weight classes. The lightest class in the Olympics is Light Flyweight (106 lbs or less).
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Those under 105 lb. (47.6 kg) are variously called Minimumweight, Strawweight, Mini flyweight, Mini flyweight, and Minimumweight. For boxing at the Summer Olympics, the lowest is light flyweight at 48 kg (106 lb).
The lowest weight class in professional boxing is known as strawweight, minimumweight, or mini flyweight. It classifies boxers who weigh no more than 105 pounds.
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the olympic weights for mens senior elite boxing are as follows:
48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg, 91+kg.
these will be the weight classes for London 2012