Here are the weight categories for women: 45 kg - 48 kg Flyweight 51 kg Bantamweight 54 kg Featherweight 57 kg Lightweight 60 kg Light Welterweight 64 kg Welterweight 69 kg Middleweight 75 kg Light heavyweight 81 kg Heavyweight 81+ kg Super Heavyweight I had my first fight in Lightweight just to be on the safe side and I weighed in at 54.67kg (geez, those scales are accurate). This is without any deliberate weight adjustment or lifting back then (we're talking October 2011 where I walk around at 55kg anyway). Now that I have had some weight training and put on some bulk I walk around at 57kg. I am 165cm/5'5 tall with 160cm/63 inches reach. My question is- would it be advisable if I cut back and go into the Featherweight division for my upcoming fight in April? I would have the reach advantage (most girls in that category are around 5'3) but am not sure how this will affect my overall strength. Or should I just stay in lightweight? I am on the fringe of Light Welter without dieting so should I try out for that instead? My friend who came second in state comp told me that I should be fitting at the weight I feel strongest whilst still being relatively lean. I have no idea where that is meant to be... Thank you.
Since you have trained hard to hit 57kg I would fight at Lightweight and see how it feels. Cutting down to featherweight after you just worked so hard to get bigger would be a step backwards at this point imo. If you hadn't just got done training in a way that added 2kg to your frame and hopefully extra strength I would have said yes drop the kg and fight at featherweight but now it makes no sense to do that.
