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

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Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name
1880 ENG ABA Amateur Boxing Association of England[1]
1891 UK BBBofC 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]
1923 POL PZB Polish Boxing Federation[8]
1931 JPN JBA Japan Pro Boxing Association [ja]
1946  SWI AIBA International Boxing Association[9]
1946 FRA EBU European Boxing Union[10]
1949 GER BDB Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer[11]
1952 JPN JBC Japan Boxing Commission [ja]
1952 JPN OPBF Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954 GB CBC Commonwealth Boxing Council[12]
1963 MEX WBC World Boxing Council[13]
1966 NZ NZPBA New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
1969 N/A NABF North American Boxing Federation[14]
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[15]
1983 USA IBF International Boxing Federation[16]
1984 USA NBA National Boxing Association[17]
1988 LUX WBF World Boxing Federation[18]
1988 PRI WBO World Boxing Organization[19]
1989 USA WPBF World Professional Boxing Federation[20]
1989 USA IBC International Boxing Council
1991 USA IBA International Boxing Association[21]
1992 USA IWBF International Women's Boxing Federation
1993 USA IBO International Boxing Organization
1994 USA GBU Global Boxing Union
1995 USA WBU World Boxing Union[22]
1995 USA WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation
1996 USA IBU International Boxing Union
1997 N/A NABA North American Boxing Association[23]
1998 UK PBA Professional Boxing Association[24]
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[25]
2004 AUS WBF World Boxing Foundation[26]
2004 GER UBO Universal Boxing Organization[27]
2005–2007 N/A TAB Trans America Boxing
2008 N/A WBF World Boxing Forum[28]
2010 N/A IAB International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[29]
2011 Brazil ANIB Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
N/A N/A IAB International Amateur Boxing[30]
2012 USA WBL World Boxing League[31]
N/A N/A UBF Universal Boxing Federation[32]
2014 USA ABO American Boxing Organization[33]
2015 IND IPBA Indian Professional Boxing Association[34]
2015  SWI WBC World Boxing Confederation[35]
2016 N/A BIBA British & Irish Boxing Authority[36]
N/A KOR WBS World Boxing Society[37]
2017 PAK PBC Pakistan Boxing Council[38][39]
2017 USA PBC Professional Boxing Council
2017 LUX RBO Royal Boxing Organization[40]
N/A N/A LBF Legends Boxing Federation[41]
2018 Brazil IBFed[42] Intercontinental Boxing Federation[43]
2018 USA PBF Pro Boxing Federation[44]
N/A N/A APBC Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[45]
N/A ITA ITAB Italian Authority of Boxing[46]
N/A EUR EBL European Boxing League[47]
N/A EUR EBC European Boxing Council[48]
2019 IRN IPBA Iran Professional Boxing Association
2023  SWI WB World Boxing

Global (Worldwide)

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# Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name
1 1911–1946 FRA IBU International Boxing Union
2 1921 USA WBA World Boxing Association[49]
3 1946  SWI AIBA / IBA International Boxing Association[50]
4 1963 MEX WBC World Boxing Council[51]
5 1983 USA IBF International Boxing Federation[52]
6 1984 USA NBA National Boxing Association[53]
7 1988 LUX WBF World Boxing Federation[54]
8 1988 PRI WBO World Boxing Organization[55]
9 1989 USA WPBF World Professional Boxing Federation[56]
10 1989 USA IBC International Boxing Council
11 1992 USA IWBF International Women's Boxing Federation
12 1993 USA IBO International Boxing Organization
13 1994 USA GBU Global Boxing Union(GBU)
14 1995 USA WBU World Boxing Union[57]
15 1995 USA WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation
16 1996 USA IBA International Boxing Association
17 1996 USA IBU International Boxing Union
18 1998 UK PBA Professional Boxing Association[58]
19 N/A USA IFBA International Female Boxers Association
20 1999 GER GBC Global Boxing Council
21 2000 USA WIBA Women's International Boxing Association
22 2002 N/A WIBC Women's International Boxing Council[59]
23 2004 AUS WBF World Boxing Foundation[60]
24 2004 GER UBO Universal Boxing Organization[61]
25 2008 N/A WBF World Boxing Forum[62]
26 2010 N/A IAB International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[63]
27 2011 Brazil ANIB Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe
28 N/A N/A IAB International Amateur Boxing[64]
29 2012 USA WBL World Boxing League[65]
30 2012 USA UBF Universal Boxing Federation[66]
31 2015  SWI WBC World Boxing Confederation[67]
32 2015 DR LBF Legends Boxing Foundation[68]
33 N/A KOR WBS World Boxing Society[69]
34 2017 USA PBC Professional Boxing Council
35 2017 LUX RBO Royal Boxing Organization[70]
36 2017 PAK PBC Pakistan Boxing Council[38][39]
37 2018 Brazil IBFed[71] Intercontinental Boxing Federation[72]
38 2018 USA PBF Pro Boxing Federation[73]
39 N/A N/A APBC Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[74]
40 2023  SWI WB World Boxing

Continental

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Year Created Location Abbreviation Organization Name
1946 FRA EBU European Boxing Union[75]
1952 JPN OPBF Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
1954 GB CBC Commonwealth Boxing Council[12]
1969 N/A NABF North American Boxing Federation[76]
1997 N/A NABA North American Boxing Association[77]
2005–2007 N/A TAB Trans America Boxing
2014 USA ABO American Boxing Organization[78]
N/A EUR EBL European Boxing League[79]
N/A EUR EBC European Boxing Council[80]

Major sanctioning bodies

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Professional boxing

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Amateur boxing

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See also

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References

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