Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above 115 lb (52.2 kg) and up to 118 lb (53.5 kg). In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between 53 and 55 kilograms. In MMA, bantamweight is 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg).
The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts refers to a number of different weight classes:
The boxing tournaments at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester took place from July 26 to August 3 at the Forum Centre, and the Manchester Evening News Arena.
Justin Stewart Kane is a bantamweight boxer from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, losing in the quarterfinals to Sergey Danilchenko from Ukraine.
Michael Brodie is a former professional boxer who fought in the Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions.
Louis Richard Bruno Julie, known as Bruno Julie, is a Mauritian bantamweight boxer who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of Mauritius.
Jackie Paterson was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.
Lesotho competed in Manchester in 2002 in their seventh games. The nation did not repeat their performance in Kuala Lumpur 1998 where they won their first medal, a gold, but did manage to win a shared bronze with England in boxing.
Bill Beynon was a Welsh boxer who fought professionally between 1909 and 1931. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire bantamweight boxing championship in 1913.
Filip Grgić is a taekwondo practitioner from Croatia.
Ana Zaninović is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Lucija Zaninović.
Joe Bowker was a British boxer who was world bantamweight champion from 1904 to 1905. His defeat of Frankie Neil on 17 October in London for the world bantamweight title was acclaimed as the most remarkable event in the sport in 1904.
Johnny King was an English professional boxer who competed from 1926 to 1947. Predominantly a bantamweight, he was a two-time British bantamweight champion and a one-time British Empire (Commonwealth) bantamweight champion. His professional fighting weight varied from 84 lb, flyweight, to 130 lb, featherweight.
Adrian "Ady" Lewis is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2001. He challenged once for the IBO bantamweight title in 2001. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles in 1997, and the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles in 2000.
Jaouad Achab is a taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. He won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Men's 63 kg, and at the 2015 World Championships, becoming Belgium's first World Taekwondo champion.
UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 8, 2016 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Carlos Rúben Navarro Valdez is a Mexican taekwondo athlete.
The men's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 18 and 19 May. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms in body mass.
Soroush Ahmadi is an Iranian taekwondo competitor. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships on the men's bantamweights.
