List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold.
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name | |
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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 | Ireland (ROI & NI) | 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 | |||
1946 | AIBA | International Boxing Association[8] | ||
1946 | EBU | European Boxing Union[9] | ||
1949 | BDB | Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer[10] | ||
1952 | JBC | |||
1952 | OPBF | Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation | ||
1954 | CBC | Commonwealth Boxing Council[11] | ||
1963 | WBC | World Boxing Council[12] | ||
1966 | NZPBA | |||
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 | Professional Boxing Career | ||
2017 | PBC | Professional Boxing Council | ||
2017 | RBO | Royal Boxing Organization[35] | ||
N/A | N/A | LBF | Legends Boxing Federation[36] | |
2018 | IBFed | Intercontinental Boxing Federation[37] | ||
2018 | PBF | Pro Boxing Federation[38] | ||
N/A | N/A | APBC | Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[39] | |
2015 | WBC | World Boxing Confederation[40] | ||
N/A | ITAB | Italian Authority of Boxing[41] | ||
N/A | EBL | European Boxing League[42] | ||
N/A | EBC | European Boxing Council[43] | ||
2019 | IPBA | Iran Professional Boxing Association | ||
2023 | WB | World Boxing |
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name | ||
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1 | 1911–1946 | IBU | International Boxing Union | ||
2 | 1946 | AIBA / IBA | International Boxing Association[44] | ||
3 | 1921 | WBA | World Boxing Association[45] | ||
4 | 1963 | WBC | World Boxing Council[46] | ||
5 | 1983 | IBF | International Boxing Federation[47] | ||
6 | 1988 | WBF | World Boxing Federation[48] | ||
7 | 1988 | WBO | World Boxing Organization[49] | ||
8 | 1989 | WPBF | World Professional Boxing Federation[50] | ||
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[51] | ||
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[52] | |
20 | 2004 | WBF | World Boxing Foundation[53] | ||
21 | 2004 | UBO | Universal Boxing Organization[54] | ||
22 | 1994 | GBU | Global Boxing Union(GBU) | ||
23 | 2008 | N/A | WBF | World Boxing Forum[55] | |
24 | 2010 | N/A | IAB | International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[56] | |
25 | 2011 | ANIB | Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe | ||
26 | N/A | N/A | IAB | International Amateur Boxing[57] | |
27 | 1995 | WBU | World Boxing Union[58] | ||
28 | 2012 | WBL | World Boxing League[59] | ||
29 | N/A | N/A | UBF | Universal Boxing Federation[60] | |
30 | N/A | WBS | World Boxing Society[61] | ||
31 | 2017 | PBC | Professional Boxing Council | ||
32 | 2017 | RBO | Royal Boxing Organization[62] | ||
33 | N/A | N/A | LBF | Legends Boxing Federation[63] | |
34 | 2018 | IBFed | Intercontinental Boxing Federation[64] | ||
35 | 2018 | PBF | Pro Boxing Federation[65] | ||
36 | N/A | N/A | APBC | Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[66] | |
37 | 2015 | WBC | World Boxing Confederation[67] | ||
38 | 2022 | PBC | Professional Boxing Career | ||
39 | 2023 | WB | World Boxing |
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name | |
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1946 | EBU | European Boxing Union[68] | ||
1952 | OPBF | Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation | ||
1954 | CBC | Commonwealth Boxing Council[69] | ||
1969 | N/A | NABF | North American Boxing Federation[70] | |
1997 | N/A | NABA | North American Boxing Association[71] | |
2005-2007 | N/A | TAB | Trans America Boxing | |
2014 | ABO | American Boxing Organization[72] | ||
N/A | EBL | European Boxing League[73] | ||
N/A | EBC | European Boxing Council[74] |