Tomorrow night Zuffa boxing present a groundbreaking fight card from the Meta Apex center in las vegas featuring former IBF heavyweight champion Prince Charles Martin taking on The Silent roller, Nigerian Efe Ajagba in a 10 round feature. Zuffa boxing, headed by Dana White have unveiled some major plans for 2026 along with their weight division structure. Zuffa have reduced down the usual 18 weight categories, to a condensed 8 divisions from Bantamweight (118 pounds) to Heavyweight (Open ended from 200 pounds +)
Heavyweight 200lbs +
Cruiserweight 200lbs
Light Heavyweight 175lbs
Middleweight 160lbs
Welterweight 147lbs
Lightweight 135lbs
Featherweight 126lbs
Bantamweight 118lbs
This new structure avoids the junior divisions, sending the weight spectrum back to the 1950s, celebrating the original full weight divisions with in certain cases up to 25 pounds between categories.
Currently the WBC have an 18 weight division range, from light flyweight up to Heavyweight, with junior (Light or Super) divisions between the original major weight classes.