World Lightweight Title

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boxing world title championship sports title

The World Lightweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the lightweight division.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
IBF lightweight title 3
World Lightweight Champion 2
world lightweight championship 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing world title ⓘ
championship ⓘ
sports title ⓘ
associatedWith International Boxing Federation ⓘ
World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Boxing Organization ⓘ
broadcastOn pay-per-view ⓘ
streaming platforms ⓘ
television ⓘ
canBeDefendedIn title defenses ⓘ
canBeStripped true ⓘ
canBeUnifiedWith other world lightweight titles ⓘ
canBeVacated true ⓘ
canEndIn draw ⓘ
no contest ⓘ
combatSport boxing ⓘ
competitionType professional boxing match ⓘ
contestedBy lightweight boxers ⓘ
contestFormat 12-round championship distance in modern era ⓘ
decidedBy judges and/or referee ⓘ
division lightweight ⓘ
eligibility ranked lightweight contenders ⓘ
genderCategory primarily male ⓘ
governedBy unified rules of boxing ⓘ
hasMultipleVersions true ⓘ
hasRankingSystem true ⓘ
historicalRoundLength 15 rounds in earlier eras ⓘ
isAmateur false ⓘ
isGlobalScope true ⓘ
isIndividualTitle true ⓘ
isPrestigious true ⓘ
isProfessional true ⓘ
requiresGloveWeight 8 to 10 ounce gloves depending on jurisdiction ⓘ
requiresLicensing true ⓘ
requiresMedicalClearance true ⓘ
requiresRingOfficials judges ⓘ
referee ⓘ
timekeeper ⓘ
requiresSanctioningBody true ⓘ
requiresWeighIn true ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
victoryMethod corner retirement ⓘ
decision ⓘ
disqualification ⓘ
knockout ⓘ
technical knockout ⓘ
weighInTiming typically one day before fight ⓘ
weightClassLimit 135 pounds ⓘ
61.2 kilograms ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Armstrong → worldTitleHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
Homicide Hank → heldTitle → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Armstrong
this entity surface form: World Lightweight Champion
Lou Ambers → notableWork → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Lightweight Championship reign 1938–1940
Lou Ambers → titleHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Lightweight Champion
Hurricane Henry → heldTitle → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Armstrong
this entity surface form: world lightweight champion
Juan Manuel Márquez → heldTitle → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ring lightweight title
World Boxing Organization → hasTitle → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBO World Lightweight Championship
Shane Mosley → heldTitle → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBF lightweight title
José Luis Castillo (boxer) → hasWon → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
subject surface form: José Luis Castillo
this entity surface form: world lightweight championship
Pernell Whitaker → titleHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBF lightweight title
Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio → titleHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: world lightweight championship
WBC lightweight title → canBeUnifiedWith → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBF lightweight title
Beau Jack → titlesHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York State Athletic Commission World Lightweight Title
Beau Jack → titlesHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Lightweight Champion (New York version)
Sammy Angott → notableFor → World Lightweight Title ⓘ
this entity surface form: world lightweight title