List of boxing organisations
Appearance
List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold.
All List[edit]
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | ABA | Amateur Boxing Association of England[1] | |
1891 | BBBoC | British Boxing Board of Control[2] | |
1903 | FFB | French Boxing Federation (Fédération Française de Boxe)[3] | |
1910 | WABA | Welsh Amateur Boxing Association[4] | |
1911 | IABA | Irish Athletic Boxing Association | |
1911–1946 | IBU | International Boxing Union | |
1915 | ANBF | Australian National Boxing Federation | |
1916 | FPI | Federazione Pugilistica Italiana[5] | |
1920 | ABF | Argentina Boxing Federation[6] | |
1921 | WBA | World Boxing Association[7] | |
1931 | JBA | Japan Pro Boxing Association | |
1946 | AIBA | International Boxing Association[8] | |
1946 | EBU | European Boxing Union[9] | |
1949 | BDB | Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer[10] | |
1952 | JBC | Japan Boxing Commission | |
1952 | OPBF | Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation | |
1954 | CBC | Commonwealth Boxing Council[11] | |
1963 | WBC | World Boxing Council[12] | |
1966 | NZPBA | New Zealand Professional Boxing Association | |
1969 | N/A | NABF | North American Boxing Federation[13] |
1972 | BABF | Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation | |
1977 | ABAP | Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines | |
1977 | USBA | United States Boxing Association | |
1980 | BUI | Boxing Union of Ireland[14] | |
1983 | IBF | International Boxing Federation[15] | |
1984 | N/A | NBA | National Boxing Association[16] |
1988 | WBF | World Boxing Federation[17] | |
1988 | WBO | World Boxing Organization[18] | |
1989 | WPBF | World Professional Boxing Federation[19] | |
1989 | IBC | International Boxing Council | |
1992 | IWBF | International Women's Boxing Federation | |
1993 | IBO | International Boxing Organization | |
1995 | WIBF | Women's International Boxing Federation | |
1996 | IBA | International Boxing Association | |
1996 | IBU | International Boxing Union | |
1997 | N/A | NABA | North American Boxing Association[20] |
1998 | PBA | Professional Boxing Association[21] | |
N/A | IFBA | International Female Boxers Association | |
1999 | GBC | Global Boxing Council | |
2000 | WIBA | Women's International Boxing Association | |
2002 | N/A | WIBC | Women's International Boxing Council[22] |
2004 | WBF | World Boxing Foundation[23] | |
2004 | UBO | Universal Boxing Organization[24] | |
2005-2007 | N/A | TAB | Trans America Boxing |
1994 | GBU | Global Boxing Union(GBU) | |
2008 | N/A | WBF | World Boxing Forum[25] |
2010 | N/A | IAB | International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[26] |
2011 | ANIB | Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe | |
N/A | N/A | IAB | International Amateur Boxing[27] |
1995 | WBU | World Boxing Union[28] | |
2012 | WBL | World Boxing League[29] | |
N/A | N/A | UBF | Universal Boxing Federation[30] |
2014 | ABO | American Boxing Organization[31] | |
2015 | IPBA | Indian Professional Boxing Association[32] | |
2016 | N/A | BIBA | British & Irish Boxing Authority[33] |
N/A | WBS | World Boxing Society[34] | |
2017 | PBC | Pakistan Boxing Council | |
2017 | PBC | Professional Boxing Council | |
2017 | RBO | Royal Boxing Organization[35] | |
N/A | N/A | LBF | Legends Boxing Federation[36] |
2018 | IBFed[37] | Intercontinental Boxing Federation[38] | |
2018 | PBF | Pro Boxing Federation[39] | |
N/A | N/A | APBC | Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[40] |
2015 | WBC | World Boxing Confederation[41] | |
N/A | ITAB | Italian Authority of Boxing[42] | |
N/A | EBL | European Boxing League[43] | |
N/A | EBC | European Boxing Council[44] | |
2019 | IPBA | Iran Professional Boxing Association |
Global (Worldwide)[edit]
# | Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name | |
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1 | 1911–1946 | IBU | International Boxing Union | ||
2 | 1946 | AIBA / IBA | International Boxing Association[45] | ||
3 | 1921 | WBA | World Boxing Association[46] | ||
4 | 1963 | WBC | World Boxing Council[47] | ||
5 | 1983 | IBF | International Boxing Federation[48] | ||
6 | 1988 | WBF | World Boxing Federation[49] | ||
7 | 1988 | WBO | World Boxing Organization[50] | ||
8 | 1989 | WPBF | World Professional Boxing Federation[51] | ||
9 | 1989 | IBC | International Boxing Council | ||
10 | 1992 | IWBF | International Women's Boxing Federation | ||
11 | 1993 | IBO | International Boxing Organization | ||
12 | 1995 | WIBF | Women's International Boxing Federation | ||
13 | 1996 | IBA | International Boxing Association | ||
14 | 1996 | IBU | International Boxing Union | ||
15 | 1998 | PBA | Professional Boxing Association[52] | ||
16 | N/A | IFBA | International Female Boxers Association | ||
17 | 1999 | GBC | Global Boxing Council | ||
18 | 2000 | WIBA | Women's International Boxing Association | ||
19 | 2002 | N/A | WIBC | Women's International Boxing Council[53] | |
20 | 2004 | WBF | World Boxing Foundation[54] | ||
21 | 2004 | UBO | Universal Boxing Organization[55] | ||
22 | 1994 | GBU | Global Boxing Union(GBU) | ||
23 | 2008 | N/A | WBF | World Boxing Forum[56] | |
24 | 2010 | N/A | IAB | International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[57] | |
25 | 2011 | ANIB | Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe | ||
26 | N/A | N/A | IAB | International Amateur Boxing[58] | |
27 | 1995 | WBU | World Boxing Union[59] | ||
28 | 2012 | WBL | World Boxing League[60] | ||
29 | N/A | N/A | UBF | Universal Boxing Federation[61] | |
30 | N/A | WBS | World Boxing Society[62] | ||
31 | 2017 | PBC | Professional Boxing Council | ||
32 | 2017 | RBO | Royal Boxing Organization[63] | ||
33 | N/A | N/A | LBF | Legends Boxing Federation[64] | |
34 | 2018 | IBFed[65] | Intercontinental Boxing Federation[66] | ||
35 | 2018 | PBF | Pro Boxing Federation[67] | ||
36 | N/A | N/A | APBC | Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[68] | |
37 | 2015 | WBC | World Boxing Confederation[69] | ||
38 | 2022 |
|
PBC | Professional Boxing Career | |
39 | 2023 | WB | World Boxing |
Continental[edit]
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name |
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1946 | EBU | European Boxing Union[70] | |
1952 | OPBF | Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation | |
1954 | CBC | Commonwealth Boxing Council[11] | |
1969 | N/A | NABF | North American Boxing Federation[71] |
1997 | N/A | NABA | North American Boxing Association[72] |
2005-2007 | N/A | TAB | Trans America Boxing |
2014 | ABO | American Boxing Organization[73] | |
N/A | EBL | European Boxing League[74] | |
N/A | EBC | European Boxing Council[75] |
- WBA Asia - 2014
- WBA Oceania
- Federación Latinoamericana de Comisiones de Boxeo Profesional (WBA Fedelatin)
- Federación Bolivariana de Boxeo (WBA Fedebol)
- Federación Centroamericana de Boxeo (WBA Fedecentro)
- Federación del Caribe de Boxeo (WBA Fedecaribe)
- North American Boxing Association (NABA) - 1997
- Pan Asian Boxing Association - (1995–2018) / (2018-Now)
- Eurasian Boxing Parliament - 2015
- Asian Boxing Council - 1985
- African Boxing Union - 1973
Major sanctioning bodies[edit]
Professional Boxing[edit]
- World Boxing Association (WBA) - Since 1921
- World Boxing Council (WBC) - Since 1963
- International Boxing Federation (IBF) - Since 1983
- World Boxing Organization (WBO) - Since 1988
Amateur Boxing[edit]
- International Boxing Union (IBU) - (1911–1946)
- International Boxing Association (IBA) - Since 1946
- World Boxing (WB) - Since 2023
See also[edit]
- Boxing
- Professional Boxing
- Amateur Boxing
- List of judo organizations
- List of kickboxing organizations
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