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USA Boxing
Formation1969
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]

USA Boxing, formerly known as the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, has governed men's amateur boxing in the United States since 1969. USA Boxing officially recognized women's boxing in 1993, becoming the first organization to do so in the world.[5][1]

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, with boxers younger than seventeen known as "juniors" and those thirty-five or older known as "masters".

The national amateur boxing championships now sponsored by USA Boxing and titled the United States Championships were formerly the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Boxing championships.[6] The Championships crown a United States Amateur Champion in each of the sanctioned weight classes.[7]

USA Boxing organizes the USA Knockouts team in the World Series of Boxing.

Weight Classes - Elite Men

Weight Classes - Elite Women [8]

National Amateur Champions

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

Dispute with the IBA

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.[9] USA Boxing co-founded World Boxing as a direct rival to the IBA, and it was launched in April 2023.[10][11][12]

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. 1993-10-18. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. ^ "To fix a broken U.S. boxing Olympic program, why not a Dream Team?". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  3. ^ "A Ring of One's Own". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Down but Not Out". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  5. ^ "History of Amateur Boxing". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  6. ^ Grasso, John (14 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Boxing. p. 40. ISBN 9780810878679. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  7. ^ "Olympic Boxing Trials Coming to Philadelphia". CBS Philly. 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  8. ^ "USA Boxing's Elite Women's National Team". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  9. ^ USA Boxing accuses IBA of trying to "sabotage" Olympic qualifiers
  10. ^ "Fresh twist in boxing saga as new body, World Boxing, launches to save sport". The New Indian Express. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  11. ^ "IBA slams 'black sheep' breakaway body as schism roils boxing". Al Jazeera. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Breakaway group aims to save boxing's Olympic status". ABC News. Associated Press. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

External links

National members of the International Boxing Association
Sports governing bodies of the United States (USA)
Authority control databases
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