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*Likewise, use {{xt|WBC super lightweight}} ''or'' {{xt|IBF junior welterweight}} rather than {{!xt|light welterweight}}.

If a boxer has won titles ''by multiple sanctioning bodies which use <u>different formats</u> for the same weight class'':

*Wikipedia's own neutral article namenames (which are in accordance with amateur boxing) should be invoked so as to avoid [[WP:CRUFT|cruft]] and confusion: {{xt|WBC and IBF light middleweight}} instead of {{!xt|WBC super welterweight and IBF junior middleweight}}. Uninformed readers may interpret the latter to mean two different weight classes.

**Wherever necessary, entire articles should be retroactively edited to reflect this: if a boxer holding the WBA super lightweight title later wins the WBO junior welterweight title, both formats must be consolidated to [[light welterweight]] only, which is how Wikipedia's own article is named.

If a boxer has won titles ''by multiple sanctioning bodies which <u>share the same</u> weight class format'':