USA Boxing

USA Boxing
Formation1978
TypeNational governing body (NGB)
HeadquartersColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Region served
United States
AffiliationsUSOPC and World Boxing
Websitewww.usaboxing.org

USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing. It is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and World Boxing, which sets its rules.[1][2][3]

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Boxing is a non-profit organization responsible for the administration, development and promotion of Olympic-style boxing in the United States.[4]

Bronze Medal Bout of the girls' −51 kg (flyweight) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on October 18, 2018: United States vs. Bulgaria.

USA Boxing comprises 56 Local Boxing Committees, which are grouped into 13 geographical regions. These LBCs, along with the coaches, athletes, and officials, form the backbone of USA Boxing and Olympic-style boxing in the United States. Boxing facilities, coaches, officials and athletes may be affiliated with USA Boxing, with athletes receiving an official "passbook" to be presented and marked at all sanctioned events. Athletes are classified according to age, gender and weight. Per the USA boxing website, boxers 41 years of age and older, are classified as a masters boxer. Boxers ages 35 to 40, may choose to box in the elite (ages 19 – 40), masters, or both divisions until the age of 41. [5]

History

USA Boxing, formerly known as the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, has governed amateur and Olympic boxing in the United States since 1978.[6] USA Boxing officially recognized women's boxing in 1993, becoming the first organization to do so in the world with a fight between Dallas Malloy & Heather Poyner in Lynwood, Washington.[7][1] In 2022, the organization made some policy updates, which granted transgender athletes the ability to compete in sanctioned events; upon completing specific requirements.[8][9][10]

The national boxing championships are sponsored by USA Boxing and titled the United States Championships, formerly the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Boxing Championships.[11] The Championships would crown a United States Amateur Champion in each of the sanctioned weight classes.[12]

USA Boxing previously organized the USA Knockouts team in the World Series of Boxing.

In February 2023, USA Boxing announced its decision to boycott the 2023 World Championships (organized by the International Boxing Association) where Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete with no restrictions, also accusing the IBA of attempting to sabotage IOC-approved qualification pathway for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Czechia, Sweden and Canada later joined the U.S.[13] USA Boxing co-founded World Boxing as a direct rival to the IBA, and it was launched in April 2023.[14][15][16][17]

Ron Simms fights his first match of the Pan American Games held at Club Athletico Once Unidos against Canadian Peter Pestowka

Weight classes

Weight Classes – Elite Men

Weight Classes – Elite Women[18]

National Amateur Champions

Below are the lists of the national amateur champions, by division:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Striking a Blow for Equality: Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America's first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct". Los Angeles Times. October 18, 1993. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "To fix a broken U.S. boxing Olympic program, why not a Dream Team?". ESPN. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "A Ring of One's Own". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Down but Not Out". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.usaboxing.org/membership
  6. ^ "Boxing – Amateur, Rules, Scoring | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "History of Amateur Boxing". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "New USA Boxing Rule Book to go into effect Jan. 1". www.usaboxing.org. December 29, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "USA Boxing updates rulebook to include strict transgender athlete policy". NBC News. January 3, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  10. ^ Reporter, Suzanne Blake; Consumer; Trends, Social (January 1, 2024). "Conservatives slam USA Boxing's new transgender policy". Newsweek. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  11. ^ Grasso, John (November 14, 2013). Historical Dictionary of Boxing. Scarecrow Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780810878679. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  12. ^ "Olympic Boxing Trials Coming to Philadelphia". CBS Philly. August 16, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  13. ^ USA Boxing accuses IBA of trying to "sabotage" Olympic qualifiers
  14. ^ "Fresh twist in boxing saga as new body, World Boxing, launches to save sport". The New Indian Express. April 14, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  15. ^ "IBA slams 'black sheep' breakaway body as schism roils boxing". Al Jazeera. May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  16. ^ "Breakaway group aims to save boxing's Olympic status". ABC News. Associated Press. April 13, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  17. ^ "USA Boxing resignation to deprive USA officials, coaches, and athletes from participating at all IBA events and affiliated member events". IBA. April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "USA Boxing's Elite Women's National Team". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2018.