Weight class (boxing) names of the new divisions are not standardized between different sanctioning bodies, although the cutoff weights are. These weights are specified in pounds, reflecting the historic dominance of Britain (and, later, America) in the sport. A nonstandard weight limit is called a "catchweight". A catchweight may be agreed to for an individual bout—sometimes even for a championship bout—but championships are awarded only at the standard weight classes. For example, when Manny Pacquiao fought Antonio Margarito at a catch-weight of 150 pounds, the World Boxing Council sanctioned this as a title fight for jr. middleweight, whose limit is 154 pounds. This
Lineal championship Lineal championship In combat sports where champions are decided by a challenge, the lineal championship of a weight class is a world championship title held initially by an undisputed champion and subsequently by a fighter who defeats the reigning champion in a match at that weight class. In professional boxing the secondary choice if the remaining champions don't fight each other is for a unified champion to fight an alternate title holder as in the case of unified champion Wladimir Klitschko vesus interim WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev, the only way this can be negated is if the other major title