World Lightweight Title

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boxing world title championship sports title

The World Lightweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the lightweight division.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
IBF lightweight title	3
World Lightweight Champion	2
world lightweight championship	2
New York State Athletic Commission World Lightweight Title	1
The Ring lightweight title	1
WBO World Lightweight Championship	1
World Lightweight Champion (New York version)	1
World Lightweight Championship reign 1938–1940	1
World Lightweight Title canonical	1
world lightweight champion	1
world lightweight title	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T234873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Lightweight Title
Context triple: [Henry Armstrong, worldTitleHeld, World Lightweight Title]

A. World Featherweight Title
The World Featherweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the featherweight division and has been held by legendary boxers such as Henry Armstrong.
B. UFC Welterweight division
The UFC Welterweight division is a mixed martial arts weight class in the Ultimate Fighting Championship for fighters typically weighing up to 170 pounds (77 kg), known for its depth of talent and historically prominent champions.
C. Mjölnir MMA
Mjölnir MMA is an Icelandic mixed martial arts gym and training team known for producing high-level fighters such as UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson.
D. Golden Glove
The Golden Glove is the award given to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
E. Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Lightweight Title
Target entity description: The World Lightweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the lightweight division.

A. World Featherweight Title
The World Featherweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the featherweight division and has been held by legendary boxers such as Henry Armstrong.
B. UFC Welterweight division
The UFC Welterweight division is a mixed martial arts weight class in the Ultimate Fighting Championship for fighters typically weighing up to 170 pounds (77 kg), known for its depth of talent and historically prominent champions.
C. Mjölnir MMA
Mjölnir MMA is an Icelandic mixed martial arts gym and training team known for producing high-level fighters such as UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson.
D. Golden Glove
The Golden Glove is the award given to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
E. Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boxing world title ⓘ championship ⓘ sports title ⓘ
associatedWith	International Boxing Federation ⓘ World Boxing Association ⓘ World Boxing Council ⓘ World Boxing Organization ⓘ
broadcastOn	pay-per-view ⓘ streaming platforms ⓘ television ⓘ
canBeDefendedIn	title defenses ⓘ
canBeStripped	true ⓘ
canBeUnifiedWith	other world lightweight titles ⓘ
canBeVacated	true ⓘ
canEndIn	draw ⓘ no contest ⓘ
combatSport	boxing ⓘ
competitionType	professional boxing match ⓘ
contestedBy	lightweight boxers ⓘ
contestFormat	12-round championship distance in modern era ⓘ
decidedBy	judges and/or referee ⓘ
division	lightweight ⓘ
eligibility	ranked lightweight contenders ⓘ
genderCategory	primarily male ⓘ
governedBy	unified rules of boxing ⓘ
hasMultipleVersions	true ⓘ
hasRankingSystem	true ⓘ
historicalRoundLength	15 rounds in earlier eras ⓘ
isAmateur	false ⓘ
isGlobalScope	true ⓘ
isIndividualTitle	true ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
isProfessional	true ⓘ
requiresGloveWeight	8 to 10 ounce gloves depending on jurisdiction ⓘ
requiresLicensing	true ⓘ
requiresMedicalClearance	true ⓘ
requiresRingOfficials	judges ⓘ referee ⓘ timekeeper ⓘ
requiresSanctioningBody	true ⓘ
requiresWeighIn	true ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
victoryMethod	corner retirement ⓘ decision ⓘ disqualification ⓘ knockout ⓘ technical knockout ⓘ
weighInTiming	typically one day before fight ⓘ
weightClassLimit	135 pounds ⓘ 61.2 kilograms ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Armstrong → worldTitleHeld → World Lightweight Title ⓘ

Henry Armstrong → heldTitle → World Lightweight Champion ⓘ

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