List of boxing organisations

P 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 Organization Name
1880  ENG ABA Amateur Boxing Association of England[1]
1891  UK BBBoC British Boxing Board of Control[2]
1903  FRA FFB French Boxing Federation (Fédération Française de Boxe)[3]
1910  WAL WABA Welsh Amateur Boxing Association[4]
1911  IRL (ROI & NI) IABA Irish Athletic Boxing Association
1911–1946  FRA IBU International Boxing Union
1915  AUS ANBF Australian National Boxing Federation
1916  ITA FPI Federazione Pugilistica Italiana[5]
1920  ARG ABF Argentina Boxing Federation[6]
1921  USA WBA World Boxing Association[7]
1931  JPN JBA Japan Pro Boxing Association [ja]
1946   SWI AIBA International Boxing Association[8]
1946  FRA EBU European Boxing Union[9]
1949  GER BDB Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer[10]
1952  JPN JBC Japan Boxing Commission [ja]
1952  JPN OPBF Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954  GB CBC Commonwealth Boxing Council[11]
1963  MEX WBC World Boxing Council[12]
1966  NZ NZPBA New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
1969 N/A NABF North American Boxing Federation[13]
1972  BAN BABF Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation
1977  PHI ABAP Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines
1977  USA USBA United States Boxing Association
1980  IRL BUI Boxing Union of Ireland[14]
1983  USA IBF International Boxing Federation[15]
1984 N/A NBA National Boxing Association[16]
1988  LUX WBF World Boxing Federation[17]
1988  PRI WBO World Boxing Organization[18]
1989  USA WPBF World Professional Boxing Federation[19]
1989  USA IBC International Boxing Council
1992  USA IWBF International Women's Boxing Federation
1993  USA IBO International Boxing Organization
1995  USA WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation
1996  USA IBA International Boxing Association
1996  USA IBU International Boxing Union
1997 N/A NABA North American Boxing Association[20]
1998  UK PBA Professional Boxing Association[21]
N/A  USA IFBA International Female Boxers Association
1999  GER GBC Global Boxing Council
2000  USA WIBA Women's International Boxing Association
2002 N/A WIBC Women's International Boxing Council[22]
2004  AUS WBF World Boxing Foundation[23]
2004  GER UBO Universal Boxing Organization[24]
2005-2007 N/A TAB Trans America Boxing
1994  USA 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  Brazil ANIB Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
N/A N/A IAB International Amateur Boxing[27]
1995  USA WBU World Boxing Union[28]
2012  USA WBL World Boxing League[29]
N/A N/A UBF Universal Boxing Federation[30]
2014  USA ABO American Boxing Organization[31]
2015  IND IPBA Indian Professional Boxing Association[32]
2016 N/A BIBA British & Irish Boxing Authority[33]
N/A  KOR WBS World Boxing Society[34]
2017  PAK PBC Pakistan Boxing Council[35][36]
2017  USA PBC Professional Boxing Council
2017  LUX RBO Royal Boxing Organization[37]
N/A N/A LBF Legends Boxing Federation[38]
2018  Brazil IBFed[39] Intercontinental Boxing Federation[40]
2018  USA PBF Pro Boxing Federation[41]
N/A N/A APBC Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[42]
2015   SWI WBC World Boxing Confederation[43]
N/A  ITA ITAB Italian Authority of Boxing[44]
N/A  EUR EBL European Boxing League[45]
N/A  EUR EBC European Boxing Council[46]
2019  IRN IPBA Iran Professional Boxing Association
2023   SWI WB World Boxing

Global (Worldwide)

# Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name
1 1911–1946  FRA IBU International Boxing Union
2 1946   SWI AIBA / IBA International Boxing Association[47]
3 1921  USA WBA World Boxing Association[48]
4 1963  MEX WBC World Boxing Council[49]
5 1983  USA IBF International Boxing Federation[50]
6 1988  LUX WBF World Boxing Federation[51]
7 1988  PRI WBO World Boxing Organization[52]
8 1989  USA WPBF World Professional Boxing Federation[53]
9 1989  USA IBC International Boxing Council
10 1992  USA IWBF International Women's Boxing Federation
11 1993  USA IBO International Boxing Organization
12 1995  USA WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation
13 1996  USA IBA International Boxing Association
14 1996  USA IBU International Boxing Union
15 1998  UK PBA Professional Boxing Association[54]
16 N/A  USA IFBA International Female Boxers Association
17 1999  GER GBC Global Boxing Council
18 2000  USA WIBA Women's International Boxing Association
19 2002 N/A WIBC Women's International Boxing Council[55]
20 2004  AUS WBF World Boxing Foundation[56]
21 2004  GER UBO Universal Boxing Organization[57]
22 1994  USA GBU Global Boxing Union(GBU)
23 2008 N/A WBF World Boxing Forum[58]
24 2010 N/A IAB International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[59]
25 2011  Brazil ANIB Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
26 N/A N/A IAB International Amateur Boxing[60]
27 1995  USA WBU World Boxing Union[61]
28 2012  USA WBL World Boxing League[62]
29 N/A N/A UBF Universal Boxing Federation[63]
30 N/A  KOR WBS World Boxing Society[64]
31 2017  USA PBC Professional Boxing Council
32 2017  LUX RBO Royal Boxing Organization[65]
33 N/A N/A LBF Legends Boxing Federation[66]
34 2018  Brazil IBFed[67] Intercontinental Boxing Federation[68]
35 2018  USA PBF Pro Boxing Federation[69]
36 N/A N/A APBC Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[70]
37 2015   SWI WBC World Boxing Confederation[71]
38 2022  PAK PBC Professional Boxing Career
39 2023   SWI WB World Boxing

Continental

Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name
1946  FRA EBU European Boxing Union[72]
1952  JPN OPBF Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954  GB CBC Commonwealth Boxing Council[11]
1969 N/A NABF North American Boxing Federation[73]
1997 N/A NABA North American Boxing Association[74]
2005-2007 N/A TAB Trans America Boxing
2014  USA ABO American Boxing Organization[75]
N/A  EUR EBL European Boxing League[76]
N/A  EUR EBC European Boxing Council[77]

Major sanctioning bodies

Professional Boxing

Amateur Boxing

See also

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