List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold.
Year Created | Location | Abbreviation | Organization Name |
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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 | NIR IRL | 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 |
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 |
1952 | N/A | 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 | USA | WBF | World Boxing Federation[17] |
1988 | PRI | WBO | World Boxing Organization[18] |
1989 | USA | WPBF | World Professional Boxing Federation[19] |
1989 | N/A | 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 |
N/A | 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 | N/A | GBC | Global Boxing Council |
2000 | USA | WIBA | Women's International Boxing Association |
2002 | N/A | WIBC | Women's International Boxing Council[22] |
2004 | N/A | WBF | World Boxing Foundation[23] |
N/A | N/A | UBO | Universal Boxing Organization[24] |
2005-2007 | N/A | TAB | Trans America Boxing |
1994 | N/A | 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 | BR | ANIB | Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe |
N/A | N/A | IAB | International Amateur Boxing[27] |
N/A | USA | WBU | World Boxing Union[28] |
2012 | N/A | 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 |
2017 | N/A | PBC | Professional Boxing Council |
N/A | LUX | RBO | Royal Boxing Organization[35] |
N/A | N/A | LBF | Legends Boxing Federation[36] |
2018 | Brazil | IBFed[37] | Intercontinental Boxing Federation[38] |
N/A | N/A | PBF | Pro Boxing Federation[39] |
N/A | N/A | APBC | Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[40] |
N/A | SWI | WBC | World Boxing Confederation[41] |
N/A | ITA | ITAB | Italian Authority of Boxing[42] |
N/A | EUR | EBL | European Boxing League[43] |
N/A | EUR | EBC | European Boxing Council[44] |
2019 | IRN | IPBA | Iran Professional Boxing Association |