Kickboxing shall be classified by weight as shown in the following schedule. A contest shall not be permitted if the difference in weight between the contestants exceeds the difference shown in the following schedule:
Weight Class Weight Allowances
- (1) Flyweight - 118 pounds or under not more than 4 pounds
- (2) Bantamweight - over 118 pounds to 125 pounds not more than 5 pounds
- (3) Featherweight - over 125 pounds to 132 pounds not more than 6 pounds
- (4) Lightweight - over 132 pounds to 140 pounds not more than 7 pounds
- (5) Light Welterweight - over 140 pounds to 148 pounds not more than 7 pounds
- (6) Welterweight - over 148 pounds to 155 pounds not more than 7 pounds
- (7) Light Middleweight - over 155 pounds to 164 pounds not more than 8 pounds
- (8) Middleweight - over 164 pounds to 170 pounds not more than 9 pounds
- (9) Light Heavyweight - over 170 pounds to 180 pounds not more than 10 pounds
- (10) Heavyweight - over 180 pounds to 195 pounds not more than 12 pounds
- (11) Super Heavyweight over 195 pounds no limit
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.