List of boxing organisations explained

List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold.

All List

Year CreatedLocationAbbreviationOrganization Name
1880ABAAmateur Boxing Association of England[1]
1891BBBoCBritish Boxing Board of Control[2]
1903FFBFrench Boxing Federation (Fédération Française de Boxe)[3]
1910WABAWelsh Amateur Boxing Association[4]
1911 Ireland (ROI & NI)IABAIrish Athletic Boxing Association
1911–1946IBUInternational Boxing Union
1915ANBFAustralian National Boxing Federation
1916FPIFederazione Pugilistica Italiana[5]
1920ABFArgentina Boxing Federation[6]
1921WBAWorld Boxing Association[7]
1931JBA
1946AIBAInternational Boxing Association[8]
1946EBUEuropean Boxing Union[9]
1949BDBBund Deutscher Berufsboxer[10]
1952JBC
1952OPBFOriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954CBCCommonwealth Boxing Council[11]
1963WBCWorld Boxing Council[12]
1966NZPBA
1969N/ANABFNorth American Boxing Federation[13]
1972BABFBangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation
1977ABAPAssociation of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines
1977USBAUnited States Boxing Association
1980BUIBoxing Union of Ireland[14]
1983IBFInternational Boxing Federation[15]
1984N/ANBANational Boxing Association[16]
1988WBFWorld Boxing Federation[17]
1988WBOWorld Boxing Organization[18]
1989WPBFWorld Professional Boxing Federation[19]
1989IBCInternational Boxing Council
1992IWBFInternational Women's Boxing Federation
1993IBOInternational Boxing Organization
1995WIBFWomen's International Boxing Federation
1996IBAInternational Boxing Association
1996IBUInternational Boxing Union
1997N/ANABANorth American Boxing Association[20]
1998PBAProfessional Boxing Association[21]
N/AIFBAInternational Female Boxers Association
1999GBCGlobal Boxing Council
2000WIBAWomen's International Boxing Association
2002N/AWIBCWomen's International Boxing Council[22]
2004WBFWorld Boxing Foundation[23]
2004UBOUniversal Boxing Organization[24]
2005-2007N/ATABTrans America Boxing
1994GBUGlobal Boxing Union(GBU)
2008N/AWBFWorld Boxing Forum[25]
2010N/AIABInternational Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[26]
2011ANIBAssociação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
N/AN/AIABInternational Amateur Boxing[27]
1995WBUWorld Boxing Union[28]
2012WBLWorld Boxing League[29]
N/AN/AUBFUniversal Boxing Federation[30]
2014ABOAmerican Boxing Organization[31]
2015IPBAIndian Professional Boxing Association[32]
2016N/ABIBABritish & Irish Boxing Authority[33]
N/AWBSWorld Boxing Society[34]
2017PBCProfessional Boxing Career
2017PBCProfessional Boxing Council
2017RBORoyal Boxing Organization[35]
N/AN/ALBFLegends Boxing Federation[36]
2018IBFedIntercontinental Boxing Federation[37]
2018PBFPro Boxing Federation[38]
N/AN/AAPBCAssociation of Professional Boxing Commissions[39]
2015WBCWorld Boxing Confederation[40]
N/AITABItalian Authority of Boxing[41]
N/AEBLEuropean Boxing League[42]
N/AEBCEuropean Boxing Council[43]
2019IPBAIran Professional Boxing Association
2023WBWorld Boxing

Global (Worldwide)

Year CreatedLocationAbbreviationOrganization Name
11911–1946IBUInternational Boxing Union
21946AIBA / IBAInternational Boxing Association[44]
31921WBAWorld Boxing Association[45]
41963WBCWorld Boxing Council[46]
51983IBFInternational Boxing Federation[47]
61988WBFWorld Boxing Federation[48]
71988WBOWorld Boxing Organization[49]
81989WPBFWorld Professional Boxing Federation[50]
91989IBCInternational Boxing Council
101992IWBFInternational Women's Boxing Federation
111993IBOInternational Boxing Organization
121995WIBFWomen's International Boxing Federation
131996IBAInternational Boxing Association
141996IBUInternational Boxing Union
151998PBAProfessional Boxing Association[51]
16N/AIFBAInternational Female Boxers Association
171999GBCGlobal Boxing Council
182000WIBAWomen's International Boxing Association
192002N/AWIBCWomen's International Boxing Council[52]
202004WBFWorld Boxing Foundation[53]
212004UBOUniversal Boxing Organization[54]
221994GBUGlobal Boxing Union(GBU)
232008N/AWBFWorld Boxing Forum[55]
242010N/AIABInternational Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[56]
252011ANIBAssociação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
26N/AN/AIABInternational Amateur Boxing[57]
271995WBUWorld Boxing Union[58]
282012WBLWorld Boxing League[59]
29N/AN/AUBFUniversal Boxing Federation[60]
30N/AWBSWorld Boxing Society[61]
312017PBCProfessional Boxing Council
322017RBORoyal Boxing Organization[62]
33N/AN/ALBFLegends Boxing Federation[63]
342018IBFedIntercontinental Boxing Federation[64]
352018PBFPro Boxing Federation[65]
36N/AN/AAPBCAssociation of Professional Boxing Commissions[66]
372015WBCWorld Boxing Confederation[67]
382022PBCProfessional Boxing Career
392023WBWorld Boxing

Continental

Year CreatedLocationAbbreviationOrganization Name
1946EBUEuropean Boxing Union[68]
1952OPBFOriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954CBCCommonwealth Boxing Council[69]
1969N/ANABFNorth American Boxing Federation[70]
1997N/ANABANorth American Boxing Association[71]
2005-2007N/ATABTrans America Boxing
2014ABOAmerican Boxing Organization[72]
N/AEBLEuropean Boxing League[73]
N/AEBCEuropean Boxing Council[74]

Major sanctioning bodies

Professional Boxing

Amateur Boxing

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home – England Boxing. 2016-01-29. Abae.co.uk. 2016-02-04.
  2. Web site: British Boxing Board of Control. Bbbofc.com. 2016-02-04.
  3. Web site: boxe anglaise fédération france Fédération Française de Boxe . Ffboxe.com . 2021-06-08 . 2022-05-07.
  4. Web site: About Us | Welsh Boxing (WABA).
  5. Web site: FPI - Storia FPI . Fpi.it . 1942-02-16 . 2022-05-07.
  6. Web site: FAB – Federación Argentina de Boxeo. Fabox.com.ar. 11 January 2018.
  7. Web site: World Boxing Association Official Site. Wbaonline.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313025600/http://www.wbaonline.com/. 2016-03-13. 2016-02-04.
  8. Web site: AIBA (International Boxing Association). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729220205/http://www.aiba.org/. July 29, 2013. May 15, 2017.
  9. Web site: The EBU creates and promotes European professional boxing. European Boxing Union asbl.
  10. Web site: Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer e.V. - BDB seit 1949 . Bund-deutscher-berufsboxer.de . 2022-05-07.
  11. Web site: Commonwealth Boxing Council. Commboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  12. Web site: World Boxing Council. Wbcboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  13. Web site: Home. Nabfnews.com. 2016-02-04.
  14. Web site: BUI (Boxing Union of Ireland). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130812095734/http://boxingunion.ie/. August 12, 2013. May 15, 2017.
  15. Web site: Ibf-Usba-Boxing.Com. Ibf-Usba-Boxing.Com. 2016-02-04.
  16. Web site: NBABoxing.Com. NBABoxing.Com. 2018-01-08.
  17. Web site: WBF | World Boxing Federation. Worldboxingfederation.net. 2016-02-04.
  18. Web site: WBO – World Boxing Organization – News, Rankings, Forums, Videos. https://web.archive.org/web/19991002054847/http://www.wbo-int.com/. dead. 1999-10-02. Wbo-int.com. 2016-02-04.
  19. Web site: World Professional Boxing Federation. World Professional Boxing Federation. 2012-10-01.
  20. Web site: Home of The North American Boxing Association. Nabasite. 2016-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20070622181906/http://www.nabasite.com/. 2007-06-22. dead.
  21. Web site: https://www.pbaboxing.com.
  22. Web site: WIBC - Women's International Boxing Council. wibcboxing.com.
  23. Web site: World Boxing Foundation. World Boxing Foundation. 2016-02-04.
  24. Web site: UBO - Universal Boxing Organization. Uboboxing.com. 11 January 2018.
  25. Web site: World Boxing Forum (WBF) – Home. Wbfworldboxingforum.com. 2016-02-04.
  26. Web site: International Association of Boxing. International Association of Boxing. 2010-05-07.
  27. Web site: IAB (International Amateur Boxing). May 7, 2010.
  28. Web site: WBU (World Boxing Union) – 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121103742/http://www.wbuboxing.org/. January 21, 2016. May 15, 2017.
  29. Web site: World Boxing League (WBL) – Home. Wblboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  30. Web site: Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) – Home. Ubfboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  31. Web site: American Boxing Organization. www.aboboxing.org. 21 April 2021.
  32. Web site: Indian Professional Boxing Association. Ipbaboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  33. Web site: British & Irish Boxing Authority – #BIBAChangingBoxingForGood.
  34. Web site: PABA. 2015-01-14. Pabaonline.com. 2016-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20071214060148/http://www.pabaonline.com/. 2007-12-14. dead.
  35. Web site: https://www.rboboxing.com. 14 December 2019.
  36. Web site: Legends Boxing Federation. lbf-boxing.com. 3 April 2018.
  37. Web site: Site . Postado por Editorial do . IBFed - INTERCONTINENTAL BOXING FEDERATION . 2023-06-04 . en.
  38. Web site: Pro Boxing Federation (PBF) – Home. Pbfboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  39. Web site: Association Of Professional Boxing Commissions.
  40. Web site: WBC World Boxing Confederation. wbc-boxing.ch. 1 April 2018.
  41. Web site: www.itaboxing.it - Italian Boxing Commission for Professionals !. www.itaboxing.it.
  42. Web site: European Boxing League (EBL) – Home. Europeanboxingleague.co.uk. 2016-02-04.
  43. Web site: European Boxing Council.
  44. Web site: AIBA (International Boxing Association). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729220205/http://www.aiba.org/. July 29, 2013. May 15, 2017.
  45. Web site: World Boxing Association Official Site. Wbaonline.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313025600/http://www.wbaonline.com/. 2016-03-13. 2016-02-04.
  46. Web site: World Boxing Council. Wbcboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  47. Web site: Ibf-Usba-Boxing.Com. Ibf-Usba-Boxing.Com. 2016-02-04.
  48. Web site: WBF | World Boxing Federation. Worldboxingfederation.net. 2016-02-04.
  49. Web site: WBO – World Boxing Organization – News, Rankings, Forums, Videos. https://web.archive.org/web/19991002054847/http://www.wbo-int.com/. dead. 1999-10-02. Wbo-int.com. 2016-02-04.
  50. Web site: World Professional Boxing Federation. World Professional Boxing Federation. 2012-10-01.
  51. Web site: https://www.pbaboxing.com.
  52. Web site: WIBC - Women's International Boxing Council. wibcboxing.com.
  53. Web site: World Boxing Foundation. World Boxing Foundation. 2016-02-04.
  54. Web site: UBO - Universal Boxing Organization. Uboboxing.com. 11 January 2018.
  55. Web site: World Boxing Forum (WBF) – Home. Wbfworldboxingforum.com. 2016-02-04.
  56. Web site: International Association of Boxing. International Association of Boxing. 2010-05-07.
  57. Web site: IAB (International Amateur Boxing). May 7, 2010.
  58. Web site: WBU (World Boxing Union) – 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121103742/http://www.wbuboxing.org/. January 21, 2016. May 15, 2017.
  59. Web site: World Boxing League (WBL) – Home. Wblboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  60. Web site: Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) – Home. Ubfboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  61. Web site: PABA. 2015-01-14. Pabaonline.com. 2016-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20071214060148/http://www.pabaonline.com/. 2007-12-14. dead.
  62. Web site: https://www.rboboxing.com. 14 December 2019.
  63. Web site: Legends Boxing Federation. lbf-boxing.com. 3 April 2018.
  64. Web site: Site . Postado por Editorial do . IBFed - INTERCONTINENTAL BOXING FEDERATION . 2023-06-04 . en.
  65. Web site: Pro Boxing Federation (PBF) – Home. Pbfboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  66. Web site: Association Of Professional Boxing Commissions.
  67. Web site: WBC World Boxing Confederation. wbc-boxing.ch. 1 April 2018.
  68. Web site: The EBU creates and promotes European professional boxing. European Boxing Union asbl.
  69. Web site: Commonwealth Boxing Council. Commboxing.com. 2016-02-04.
  70. Web site: Home. Nabfnews.com. 2016-02-04.
  71. Web site: Home of The North American Boxing Association. Nabasite. 2016-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20070622181906/http://www.nabasite.com/. 2007-06-22. dead.
  72. Web site: American Boxing Organization. www.aboboxing.org. 21 April 2021.
  73. Web site: European Boxing League (EBL) – Home. Europeanboxingleague.co.uk. 2016-02-04.
  74. Web site: European Boxing Council.
  75. https://www.reuters.com/sports/international-boxing-association-is-stripped-its-recognition-ioc-2023-06-22/