List of boxing organisations

List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold. All list Year Created Location Abbreviation Organisation Name1880ABAAmateur Boxing Association of England1891BBBofCBritish Boxing Board of Control1903FFBFrench Boxing Federation (Fédération Française de Boxe)1910 WABAWelsh Amateur Boxing Association1911 (ROI & NI)IABAIrish Athletic Boxing Association1911–1946IBUInternational Boxing Union1915ANBFAustralian National Boxing Federation1916FPIFederazione Pugilistica Italiana1920ABFArgentina Boxing Federation1921WBAWorld Boxing Association1923PZBPolish Boxing Federation1931JBA1946AIBAInternational Boxing Association1946EBUEuropean Boxing Union1949BDBBund Deutscher Berufsboxer1952JBC1952OPBFOriental and Pacific Boxing Federation1954CBCCommonwealth Boxing Council1957PATProfessional Boxing Association of Thailand1963WBCWorld Boxing Council1966NZPBA1969N/ANABFNorth American Boxing Federation1972BABFBangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation1977ABAPAssociation of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines1977USBAUnited States Boxing Association1980BUIBoxing Union of Ireland1983IBFInternational Boxing Federation1984NBANational Boxing Association1988WBF World Boxing Federation1988WBOWorld Boxing Organization1989WPBFWorld Professional Boxing Federation1989IBCInternational Boxing Council1991IBAInternational Boxing Association1992IWBFInternational Women's Boxing Federation1993IBOInternational Boxing Organization1994GBUGlobal Boxing Union1995WBUWorld Boxing Union1995WIBFWomen's International Boxing Federation1996IBUInternational Boxing Union1997N/ANABANorth American Boxing Association1998PBAProfessional Boxing AssociationN/AIFBAInternational Female Boxers Association1999GBCGlobal Boxing Council2000WIBAWomen's International Boxing Association2002N/AWIBCWomen's International Boxing Council2004WBFWorld Boxing Foundation2004UBOUniversal Boxing Organization2005–2007N/ATABTrans America Boxing2008N/AWBFWorld Boxing Forum2010N/AIABInternational Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing2011ANIBAssociação Nacional E Internacional De BoxeN/AN/AIABInternational Amateur Boxing2012WBLWorld Boxing LeagueN/AN/AUBFUniversal Boxing Federation2014ABOAmerican Boxing Organization2015IPBAIndian Professional Boxing Association2015WBCWorld Boxing Confederation2016N/ABIBABritish & Irish Boxing AuthorityN/AWBSWorld Boxing Society2017PBCPakistan Boxing Council2017PBCProfessional Boxing Council2017RBORoyal Boxing OrganizationN/AN/ALBFLegends Boxing Federation2018IBFedIntercontinental Boxing Federation2018PBFPro Boxing FederationN/AN/AAPBCAssociation of Professional Boxing CommissionsN/AITABItalian Authority of BoxingN/AEBLEuropean Boxing LeagueN/AEBCEuropean Boxing Council2019TZAWABAWorld Alliance Boxing Association 2019IPBAIran Professional Boxing Association2023WBWorld Boxing

Global (Worldwide) # Year Created Location Abbreviation Organisation Name11911–1946IBUInternational Boxing Union21921WBAWorld Boxing Association31946AIBA / IBAInternational Boxing Association41963WBCWorld Boxing Council51983IBFInternational Boxing Federation61984NBANational Boxing Association71988WBF World Boxing Federation81988WBOWorld Boxing Organization91989WPBFWorld Professional Boxing Federation101989IBCInternational Boxing Council111992IWBFInternational Women's Boxing Federation121993IBOInternational Boxing Organization131994GBUGlobal Boxing Union(GBU)141995WBUWorld Boxing Union151995WIBFWomen's International Boxing Federation161996IBAInternational Boxing Association171996IBUInternational Boxing Union181998PBAProfessional Boxing Association19N/AIFBAInternational Female Boxers Association201999GBCGlobal Boxing Council212000WIBAWomen's International Boxing Association222002N/AWIBCWomen's International Boxing Council232004WBFWorld Boxing Foundation242004UBOUniversal Boxing Organization252008N/AWBFWorld Boxing Forum262010N/AIABInternational Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing272011ANIBAssociação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe28N/AN/AIABInternational Amateur Boxing292012WBLWorld Boxing League302012UBFUniversal Boxing Federation312015WBCWorld Boxing Confederation322015LBFLegends Boxing Foundation33N/AWBSWorld Boxing Society342017PBCProfessional Boxing Council352017RBORoyal Boxing Organization362017PBCPakistan Boxing Council372018IBFedIntercontinental Boxing Federation382018PBFPro Boxing Federation392019TZAWABAWorld Alliance Boxing Association 40N/AN/AAPBCAssociation of Professional Boxing Commissions412023WBWorld Boxing

Continental Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name1946EBUEuropean Boxing Union1952OPBFOriental and Pacific Boxing Federation1954CBCCommonwealth Boxing Council1969N/ANABFNorth American Boxing Federation1985ABCOAsian Boxing Council1997N/ANABANorth American Boxing Association2005–2007N/ATABTrans America Boxing2014ABOAmerican Boxing OrganizationN/AEBLEuropean Boxing LeagueN/AEBCEuropean Boxing Council

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–present) Eurasian Boxing Parliament - 2015 African Boxing Union - 1973

Major sanctioning bodies Professional boxing World Boxing Association (WBA) (1921–present) World Boxing Council (WBC) (1963–present) International Boxing Federation (IBF) (1983–present) World Boxing Organization (WBO) (1988–present) Amateur boxing International Boxing Union (IBU) (1911–1946) International Boxing Association (IBA) (1964–present) World Boxing (WB) (2023–present)

See also

Boxing Professional boxing Amateur boxing List of judo organizations List of kickboxing organizations

References