Class of boxing

Finding itself nestled neatly between featherweight and lightweight the super-featherweight division is home for competitors competing from 126-130lbs. Contrary to assumption it is not a recently-created division and the New York State Athletic Commission was sanctioning bouts within this weight class as early as the 1930s. The division is going through a transition point at present with vacant belts and new fighters at the weight settling down and looking to make a play for top dog status. The IBF belt is currently vacant after Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa was unceremoniously stripped after defeating Tevin Farmer and testing positive for a banned substance. The Ogawa win was controversial as it was, with many perceiving Philadelphia’s Farmer to have done enough over 12 rounds. The fight was decl...