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World Boxing Organization

2016-09-08T18:25:40Z

Louisfvv:

[[file:WBO logo.jpg|WBO Logo|thumb|left]]
[[file:WBOBelt.jpg|WBO Championship Belt|thumb|300px]]

*The '''World Boxing Organization''' (WBO) was established in 1988.
*[http://www.wbo-int.com/ '''Official Web site''']
*'''Trivia:''' The WBO twice moved [[Darrin Morris]] up in its super middleweight rankings, despite the fact that the fighter was dead. Morris, who died from HIV-related meningitis in October 2000, was #7 at the time of his death and #5 when the error was discovered. [http://assets.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/graham/1097210.html]

 

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
|-
| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
|-
! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
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| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Tyson Fury]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 8 || align="center" | [[WBO Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Junior Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Krzysztof Głowacki]] || align="center" | 2015 Aug 14 || align="center" | [[WBO Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Sergey Kovalev]] || align="center" | 2013 Aug 17 || align="center" | [[WBO Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gilberto Ramirez]] || align="center" | 2016 Apr 9 || align="center" | [[WBO Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Billy Joe Saunders]] || align="center" | 2015 Dec 19 || align="center" | [[WBO Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Middleweight || align="center" | [[Liam Smith]] || align="center" | 2015 Oct 10 || align="center" | [[WBO Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Jessie Vargas]] || align="center" | 2016 Mar 5 || align="center" | [[WBO Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Welterweight || align="center" | [[Terence Crawford]] || align="center" | 2015 Apr 18 || align="center" | [[WBO Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Terry Flanagan]] || align="center" | 2015 Jul 11|| align="center" | [[WBO Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Lightweight || align="center" | [[Vasyl Lomachenko]] ||align="center" | 2016 Jun 11 || align="center" | [[WBO Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Óscar Valdez]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 23 || align="center" | [[WBO Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Featherweight || align="center" | [[Nonito Donaire]] || align="center" | 2015 Dec 11 || align="center" | [[WBO Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Marlon Tapales]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 27 || align="center" | [[WBO Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Naoya Inoue]] || align="center" | 2014 Dec 30 || align="center" | [[WBO Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] || align="center" | 2013 Apr 6 || align="center" | [[WBO Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Flyweight || align="center" | vacant || align="center" | — || align="center" | [[WBO Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Mini Flyweight || align="center" | [[Katsunari Takayama]] || align="center" | 2016 Aug 20 || align="center" | [[WBO Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBO Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|World Boxing Organization]]

[[Category:WBO Gallery|WBO Photo Gallery]]

World Boxing Council

2016-09-08T18:18:54Z

Louisfvv:

[[file:Wbclogo.jpg|thumb|WBC Logo|right]]
[[File:WBC belt.jpg|thumb|WBC Championship Belt|right]]

* The '''World Boxing Council''' (WBC) was formed in 1963 and is based in Mexico.
* President: [[Mauricio Sulaiman]]

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
|-
| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
|-
! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
|-
| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Deontay Wilder]] || align="center" | 2015 Jan 17 || align="center" | [[WBC Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Tony Bellew]] || align="center" | 2016 May 29 || align="center" | [[WBC Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Adonis Stevenson]] || align="center" | 2013 Jun 8 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Badou Jack]] || align="center" | 2015 Apr 24 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2016 May 18 || align="center" | [[WBC Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Welterweight || align="center" | [[Jermell Charlo]] || align="center" | 2016 May 21 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Danny Garcia]] || align="center" | 2016 Jan 23 || align="center" | [[WBC Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Lightweight || align="center" | [[Terence Crawford]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 23 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Dejan Zlaticanin]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 11 || align="center" | [[WBC Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Featherweight || align="center" | [[Francisco Vargas]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 21 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Gary Russell, Jr.]] || align="center" | 2015 Mar 28 || align="center" | [[WBC Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Hugo Ruiz]] || align="center" | 2016 Feb 27 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Shinsuke Yamanaka]] || align="center" | 2011 Nov 6 || align="center" | [[WBC Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Flyweight || align="center" | [[Carlos Cuadras]] || align="center" | 2014 May 31 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Román González]] || align="center" | 2014 Sep 5 || align="center" | [[WBC Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Flyweight || align="center" | [[Ganigan López]] || align="center" | 2016 Mar 4 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Strawweight || align="center" | [[Wanheng Menayothin]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 6 || align="center" | [[WBC Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

==History==
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. They met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon the invitation of the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, to form an international boxing organization that would achieve the unity of all commissions of the world to control the expansion of boxing.

The WBC was bankrolled mainly by [[George Parnassus]], a California promoter. Parnassus, who loaded his shows with Mexican and Mexican-American fighters of the lighter weight divisions, was tired of seeing his star attractions ignored by the pro-U.S. rating systems.

The groups that historically had recognized boxers as champions included the [[New York State Athletic Commission]], the [[National Boxing Association]], the [[European Boxing Union]] and the [[British Boxing Board of Control]], but these groups, for the most part, lacked the all-encompassing "international" status they boasted of.

The WBC is one of four major sanctioning bodies recognized by the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], along with the [[WBA]], [[IBF]] and [[WBO]].

==The Near Demise of the WBC==
In early 1998, [[Roy Jones Jr.]] announced that he was relinquishing his WBC light heavyweight title to fight as a heavyweight. In response, the organization ordered a bout between German contender [[Graciano Rocchigiani]] and former two-division champion [[Michael Nunn]] to fill the vacancy, sanctioning it as a world championship match.

On March 21, 1998, Rocchigiani won the fight and a WBC belt: in the subsequent WBC rankings, he was listed as "Light Heavyweight World Champion." Jones, however, had a change of heart and asked if the WBC would reinstate him as the champion. In a move that violated nearly a dozen of its own regulations, the WBC granted the reinstatement. Rocchigiani received a letter from the WBC advising that the publishing of his name as champion was a typographical error, and he had never really been the official titleholder.

Rocchigiani immediately filed a lawsuit against the WBC in a U.S. federal court, claiming that the organization's actions both were contrary to their own rules and injurious to his earning potential (due to diminished professional stature). On May 7, 2003, the judge ruled in Rocchigiani's favor, awarding him $30 million (U.S.) in damages and reinstating him as a former WBC champion (Rocchigiani had lost a bout since his WBC title match).

The following day, the WBC sought protection by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (i.e., corporate debt restructuring) in Puerto Rico. The organization then spent the next 13 months attempting to negotiate a six-figure settlement with Rocchigiani, but Rocchigiani did not at first accept.

On June 11, 2004, the WBC announced it would enter Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation (i.e., business closing and total asset sell-off) proceedings, effectively ending its existence. This action prompted some in the boxing community to plead with Rocchigiani to settle the dispute, which he did in July 2004. Both sides agreed not to reveal terms of the settlement.

==Affiliated Organizations==
*African Boxing Union (ABU)
*Asian Boxing Council (ABCO)
*[[Baltic Sea Championship]] (WBC Baltic)
*[[Caribbean Boxing Federation]] (CABOFE)
*Central American Boxing Federation (FECARBOX)
*[[CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau]] (CISBB)
*[[Eurasian Boxing Council]] (EBC)
*[[European Boxing Union]] (EBU)
*[[North American Boxing Federation]] (NABF)
*[[Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation]] (OPBF)
*South American Boxing Federation (FESUBOX)
*World Boxing Council Muay Thai (WBC Muay Thai)

==External Link==
* [http://www.wbcboxing.com/ Official site]

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|World Boxing Council]]
[[Category:WBC Gallery|WBC Photo Gallery]]

World Boxing Council

2016-09-08T18:18:36Z

Louisfvv:

[[file:Wbclogo.jpg|thumb|WBC Logo|right]]
[[File:WBC belt.jpg|thumb|WBC Championship Belt|right]]

* The '''World Boxing Council''' (WBC) was formed in 1963 and is based in Mexico.
* President: [[Mauricio Sulaiman]]

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
|-
| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
|-
! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
|-
| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Deontay Wilder]] || align="center" | 2015 Jan 17 || align="center" | [[WBC Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Tony Bellew]] || align="center" | 2016 May 29 || align="center" | [[WBC Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Adonis Stevenson]] || align="center" | 2013 Jun 8 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Badou Jack]] || align="center" | 2015 Apr 24 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2016 May 18 || align="center" | [[WBC Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Welterweight || align="center" | [[Jermell Charlo]] || align="center" | 2016 May 21 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Danny García]] || align="center" | 2016 Jan 23 || align="center" | [[WBC Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Lightweight || align="center" | [[Terence Crawford]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 23 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Dejan Zlaticanin]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 11 || align="center" | [[WBC Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Featherweight || align="center" | [[Francisco Vargas]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 21 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Gary Russell, Jr.]] || align="center" | 2015 Mar 28 || align="center" | [[WBC Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Hugo Ruiz]] || align="center" | 2016 Feb 27 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Shinsuke Yamanaka]] || align="center" | 2011 Nov 6 || align="center" | [[WBC Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Flyweight || align="center" | [[Carlos Cuadras]] || align="center" | 2014 May 31 || align="center" | [[WBC Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Román González]] || align="center" | 2014 Sep 5 || align="center" | [[WBC Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Flyweight || align="center" | [[Ganigan López]] || align="center" | 2016 Mar 4 || align="center" | [[WBC Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Strawweight || align="center" | [[Wanheng Menayothin]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 6 || align="center" | [[WBC Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBC Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

==History==
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. They met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon the invitation of the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, to form an international boxing organization that would achieve the unity of all commissions of the world to control the expansion of boxing.

The WBC was bankrolled mainly by [[George Parnassus]], a California promoter. Parnassus, who loaded his shows with Mexican and Mexican-American fighters of the lighter weight divisions, was tired of seeing his star attractions ignored by the pro-U.S. rating systems.

The groups that historically had recognized boxers as champions included the [[New York State Athletic Commission]], the [[National Boxing Association]], the [[European Boxing Union]] and the [[British Boxing Board of Control]], but these groups, for the most part, lacked the all-encompassing "international" status they boasted of.

The WBC is one of four major sanctioning bodies recognized by the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], along with the [[WBA]], [[IBF]] and [[WBO]].

==The Near Demise of the WBC==
In early 1998, [[Roy Jones Jr.]] announced that he was relinquishing his WBC light heavyweight title to fight as a heavyweight. In response, the organization ordered a bout between German contender [[Graciano Rocchigiani]] and former two-division champion [[Michael Nunn]] to fill the vacancy, sanctioning it as a world championship match.

On March 21, 1998, Rocchigiani won the fight and a WBC belt: in the subsequent WBC rankings, he was listed as "Light Heavyweight World Champion." Jones, however, had a change of heart and asked if the WBC would reinstate him as the champion. In a move that violated nearly a dozen of its own regulations, the WBC granted the reinstatement. Rocchigiani received a letter from the WBC advising that the publishing of his name as champion was a typographical error, and he had never really been the official titleholder.

Rocchigiani immediately filed a lawsuit against the WBC in a U.S. federal court, claiming that the organization's actions both were contrary to their own rules and injurious to his earning potential (due to diminished professional stature). On May 7, 2003, the judge ruled in Rocchigiani's favor, awarding him $30 million (U.S.) in damages and reinstating him as a former WBC champion (Rocchigiani had lost a bout since his WBC title match).

The following day, the WBC sought protection by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (i.e., corporate debt restructuring) in Puerto Rico. The organization then spent the next 13 months attempting to negotiate a six-figure settlement with Rocchigiani, but Rocchigiani did not at first accept.

On June 11, 2004, the WBC announced it would enter Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation (i.e., business closing and total asset sell-off) proceedings, effectively ending its existence. This action prompted some in the boxing community to plead with Rocchigiani to settle the dispute, which he did in July 2004. Both sides agreed not to reveal terms of the settlement.

==Affiliated Organizations==
*African Boxing Union (ABU)
*Asian Boxing Council (ABCO)
*[[Baltic Sea Championship]] (WBC Baltic)
*[[Caribbean Boxing Federation]] (CABOFE)
*Central American Boxing Federation (FECARBOX)
*[[CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau]] (CISBB)
*[[Eurasian Boxing Council]] (EBC)
*[[European Boxing Union]] (EBU)
*[[North American Boxing Federation]] (NABF)
*[[Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation]] (OPBF)
*South American Boxing Federation (FESUBOX)
*World Boxing Council Muay Thai (WBC Muay Thai)

==External Link==
* [http://www.wbcboxing.com/ Official site]

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|World Boxing Council]]
[[Category:WBC Gallery|WBC Photo Gallery]]

World Boxing Association

2016-09-08T18:12:26Z

Louisfvv:

[[file:Wbalogo.jpg|WBA logo|thumb|left]]
[[file:WBA logo.jpg|Old WBA Logo|thumb|right]]

*The '''World Boxing Association''' (WBA) is the oldest still active world sanctioning body, having its origins in the [[National Boxing Association]].
*[http://www.wbaonline.com/ Official Website]
 
==Presidents==
[[File:WBA belt.jpg|thumb|right|WBA Championship Belt]]
*Charles P. Larson 1962-1963
*Ed Lassman 1963-1964
*[[Merv McKenzie]] 1964-1965
*[[Jim Deskin]] 1965-1966
*[[Bob Evans]] 1966-1968
*[[Emile Bruneau]] 1968-1970
*[[Bill Brennan]] 1970-1972
*Robert M. Lee 1972-1974
*[[Elias Cordova]] 1974-1977
*Fernando Mandry Galindez 1977-1979
*Rodrigo Sanchez 1979-1982
*[[Gilberto Mendoza Sr.]] 1982-Present 
[http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/wbaPresidents/index.shtml WBA Presidents]
 

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
|-
| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
|-
! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
|-
| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Tyson Fury]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 28 || align="center" | [[WBA Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Denis Lebedev]] || align="center" | 2013 Oct 03 || align="center" | [[WBA Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Sergey Kovalev]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 8 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Felix Sturm]] || align="center" | 2016 Feb 20 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2014 Jun 3 || align="center" | [[WBA Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Welterweight || align="center" | [[Erislandy Lara]] || align="center" | 2013 Jun 8 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Keith Thurman]] || align="center" | 2013 Jan 27 || align="center" | [[WBA Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Lightweight || align="center" | [[Ricky Burns]] || align="center" | 2016 May 28 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Anthony Crolla]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 21 || align="center" | [[WBA Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Featherweight || align="center" | [[Jezreel Corrales]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 21 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Carl Frampton]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 30 || align="center" | [[WBA Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] || align="center" | 2010 Nov 13 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Rau'shee Warren]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 18 || align="center" | [[WBA Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Flyweight || align="center" | [[Luis Concepción]]|| align="center" | 2016 Aug 31 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] || align="center" | 2013 Apr 6 || align="center" | [[WBA Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Flyweight || align="center" | [[Ryoichi Taguchi]] || align="center" | 2014 Dec 31 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Minimumweight || align="center" | [[Knockout CP Freshmart]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 29 || align="center" | [[WBA Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

==Super Champions==
In 2001, the WBA created a new title: Super Champion. Their website states:
:The SUPER WORLD CHAMPION CATEGORY OR UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION was created for those World Champions who hold the title of two or more organizations recognized by the WBA, like the World Boxing Council (WBC), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO).

However, the WBA also gives Super Champion status to fighters who aren't unified champions. Featherweight champion [[Chris John]] was named Super Champion even though he wasn't a unified champion. The WBA said it was an award for making ten successful title defenses. Welterweight champion [[Antonio Margarito]] was also named Super Champion even though he was not a unified champion and had not made a single title defense.

When a fighter is elevated to Super Champion, the regular title becomes vacant. Critics claim that the WBA created the Super Champion title just so they can collect more sanctioning fees. [http://www.boxingscene.com/wba-continues-hurt-boxing-makes-john-super-champ--19141]

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|World Boxing Association]]
[[Category:WBA Gallery|WBA Photo Gallery]]

World Boxing Association

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[[file:Wbalogo.jpg|WBA logo|thumb|left]]
[[file:WBA logo.jpg|Old WBA Logo|thumb|right]]

*The '''World Boxing Association''' (WBA) is the oldest still active world sanctioning body, having its origins in the [[National Boxing Association]].
*[http://www.wbaonline.com/ Official Website]
 
==Presidents==
[[File:WBA belt.jpg|thumb|right|WBA Championship Belt]]
*Charles P. Larson 1962-1963
*Ed Lassman 1963-1964
*[[Merv McKenzie]] 1964-1965
*[[Jim Deskin]] 1965-1966
*[[Bob Evans]] 1966-1968
*[[Emile Bruneau]] 1968-1970
*[[Bill Brennan]] 1970-1972
*Robert M. Lee 1972-1974
*[[Elias Cordova]] 1974-1977
*Fernando Mandry Galindez 1977-1979
*Rodrigo Sanchez 1979-1982
*[[Gilberto Mendoza Sr.]] 1982-Present 
[http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/wbaPresidents/index.shtml WBA Presidents]
 

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
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| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
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! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
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| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Tyson Fury]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 28 || align="center" | [[WBA Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Denis Lebedev]] || align="center" | 2013 Oct 03 || align="center" | [[WBA Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Sergey Kovalev]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 8 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Felix Sturm]] || align="center" | 2016 Feb 20 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2014 Jun 3 || align="center" | [[WBA Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Welterweight || align="center" | [[Erislandy Lara]] || align="center" | 2013 Jun 8 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Keith Thurman]] || align="center" | 2013 Jan 27 || align="center" | [[WBA Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Lightweight || align="center" | [[Ricky Bruns]] || align="center" | 2016 May 28 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Anthony Crolla]] || align="center" | — || align="center" | [[WBA Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Featherweight || align="center" | [[Jezreel Corrales]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 21 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Carl Frampton]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 30 || align="center" | [[WBA Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz|Guillermo Rigondeaux]] || align="center" | 2010 Nov 13 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Rau'shee Warren]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 18 || align="center" | [[WBA Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Super Flyweight || align="center" | [[Luis Concepción]]|| align="center" | 2016 Aug 31 || align="center" | [[WBA Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Juan Francisco Estrada]] || align="center" | 2013 Apr 6 || align="center" | [[WBA Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Light Flyweight || align="center" | [[Ryoichi Taguchi]] || align="center" | 2014 Dec 31 || align="center" | [[WBA Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Minimumweight || align="center" | [[Knockout CP Freshmart]] || align="center" | 2016 Jun 29 || align="center" | [[WBA Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[WBA Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

==Super Champions==
In 2001, the WBA created a new title: Super Champion. Their website states:
:The SUPER WORLD CHAMPION CATEGORY OR UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION was created for those World Champions who hold the title of two or more organizations recognized by the WBA, like the World Boxing Council (WBC), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO).

However, the WBA also gives Super Champion status to fighters who aren't unified champions. Featherweight champion [[Chris John]] was named Super Champion even though he wasn't a unified champion. The WBA said it was an award for making ten successful title defenses. Welterweight champion [[Antonio Margarito]] was also named Super Champion even though he was not a unified champion and had not made a single title defense.

When a fighter is elevated to Super Champion, the regular title becomes vacant. Critics claim that the WBA created the Super Champion title just so they can collect more sanctioning fees. [http://www.boxingscene.com/wba-continues-hurt-boxing-makes-john-super-champ--19141]

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|World Boxing Association]]
[[Category:WBA Gallery|WBA Photo Gallery]]

International Boxing Federation

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[[File:IBFlogo.jpg|thumb|left|IBF Logo]] [[File:IBF belt.jpg|thumb|right|IBF Championship Belt]]

*The '''International Boxing Federation''' was created in 1983.
*President: [[Daryl J. Peoples]]
*[http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/about/board IBF Board of Directors]
*[http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/ IBF/USBA Official Website]
*[http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=IBF&division=ALL&SUBMIT=Go History of Championship bouts]
 
 

The United States Boxing Association (USBA) was created in 1977. In October of 1982, USBA president [[Bob Lee]] ran for the presidency of the [[WBA]] at their annual convention but lost to [[Gilberto Mendoza Sr.]]. In April of 1983, the members of the USBA voted to expand the organization and create an international division. The new organization was called the International Boxing Federation, and Bob Lee was named the president.

The IBF awarded their heavyweight title to Larry Holmes, who was viewed as the true [[World Heavyweight Champion]]. Holmes had recently vacated the [[WBC]] title after a dispute with the organization. The fact that the only sanctioning body belt Holmes had at the time was the IBF's greatly helped the new organization's credibility. He held the title from 1983 to 1985 and made three successful defenses.

The IBF is one of four major sanctioning bodies recognized by the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], along with the WBA, WBC, and [[WBO]].

In August of 2000, IBF president Bob Lee was acquitted of charges that he took bribes from promoters and managers to manipulate boxers' rankings, but he was found guilty of tax evasion, money laundering and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. He was sentenced to 22 months in prison and fined $25,000.
 

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| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
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! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
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| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Anthony Joshua]] || align="center" | 2016 Apr 9 || align="center" | [[IBF Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Denis Lebedev]] || align="center" | 2016 May 21 || align="center" | [[IBF Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Sergey Kovalev]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 8 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[James DeGale]] || align="center" | 2015 May 23 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2015 Oct 17 || align="center" | [[IBF Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Middleweight || align="center" | [[Jermall Charlo]] || align="center" | 2015 Sep 12 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Kell Brook]] || align="center" | 2014 Aug 16 || align="center" | [[IBF Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Welterweight || align="center" | [[Eduard Troyanovsky]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 4 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | vacant || align="center" | 2010 Aug 14 || align="center" | [[IBF Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Lightweight || align="center" | [[José Pedraza]] || align="center" | 2015 Jun 13 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Lee Selby]] || align="center" | 2015 May 30 || align="center" | [[IBF Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Featherweight || align="center" | [[Jonathan Guzmán]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 20 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Lee Haskins]]|| align="center" | 2015 Nov 20 || align="center" | [[IBF Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Jerwin Ancajas]] || align="center" | 2016 Sep 3 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[John Riel Casimero]] || align="center" | 2016 May 25 || align="center" | [[IBF Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Flyweight || align="center" | [[Akira Yaegashi]] || align="center" |2015 Dec 29 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Minimumweight || align="center" | [[Jose Argumedo]] || align="center" | 2015 Dec 31 || align="center" | [[IBF Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|International Boxing Federation]]
[[Category:IBF Gallery|IBF Photo Gallery]]

International Boxing Federation

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[[File:IBFlogo.jpg|thumb|left|IBF Logo]] [[File:IBF belt.jpg|thumb|right|IBF Championship Belt]]

*The '''International Boxing Federation''' was created in 1983.
*President: [[Daryl J. Peoples]]
*[http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/about/board IBF Board of Directors]
*[http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/ IBF/USBA Official Website]
*[http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=IBF&division=ALL&SUBMIT=Go History of Championship bouts]
 
 

The United States Boxing Association (USBA) was created in 1977. In October of 1982, USBA president [[Bob Lee]] ran for the presidency of the [[WBA]] at their annual convention but lost to [[Gilberto Mendoza Sr.]]. In April of 1983, the members of the USBA voted to expand the organization and create an international division. The new organization was called the International Boxing Federation, and Bob Lee was named the president.

The IBF awarded their heavyweight title to Larry Holmes, who was viewed as the true [[World Heavyweight Champion]]. Holmes had recently vacated the [[WBC]] title after a dispute with the organization. The fact that the only sanctioning body belt Holmes had at the time was the IBF's greatly helped the new organization's credibility. He held the title from 1983 to 1985 and made three successful defenses.

The IBF is one of four major sanctioning bodies recognized by the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], along with the WBA, WBC, and [[WBO]].

In August of 2000, IBF president Bob Lee was acquitted of charges that he took bribes from promoters and managers to manipulate boxers' rankings, but he was found guilty of tax evasion, money laundering and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. He was sentenced to 22 months in prison and fined $25,000.
 

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
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| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="5" align="center" | '''CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS'''
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! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Lineage || bgcolor=#ffdead | Title Fights
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| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Anthony Joshua]] || align="center" | 2016 Apr 9 || align="center" | [[IBF Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | [[Denis Lebedev]] || align="center" | 2016 May 21 || align="center" | [[IBF Cruiserweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Cruiserweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Sergey Kovalev]] || align="center" | 2014 Nov 8 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Heavyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Heavyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|-
| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[James DeGale]] || align="center" | 2015 May 23 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Gennady Golovkin]] || align="center" | 2015 Oct 17 || align="center" | [[IBF Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Middleweight || align="center" | [[Jermall Charlo]] || align="center" | 2015 Sep 12 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Middleweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Middleweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Kell Brook]] || align="center" | 2014 Aug 16 || align="center" | [[IBF Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Welterweight || align="center" | [[Eduard Troyanovsky]] || align="center" | 2015 Nov 4 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Welterweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Welterweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | vacant || align="center" | 2010 Aug 14 || align="center" | [[IBF Lightweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Lightweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Lightweight || align="center" | [[José Pedraza]] || align="center" | 2015 Jun 13 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | [[Lee Selby]] || align="center" | 2015 May 30 || align="center" | [[IBF Featherweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Featherweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Featherweight || align="center" | [[Jonathan Guzmán]] || align="center" | 2016 Jul 20 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Lee Haskins]]|| align="center" | 2015 Nov 20 || align="center" | [[IBF Bantamweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Bantamweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Jerwin Ancajas]] || align="center" | 2016 Sep 3 || align="center" | [[IBF Super Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Super Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[John Riel Casimero]] || align="center" | 2016 May 25 || align="center" | [[IBF Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Junior Flyweight || align="center" | [[Akira Yaegashi]]| align="center" |2015 Dec 29 || align="center" | [[IBF Light Flyweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Light Flyweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
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| align="center" | Minimumweight || align="center" | [[Jose Argumedo]] || align="center" | 2015 Dec 31 || align="center" | [[IBF Minimumweight Champion|Title Lineage]] || align="center" | [[IBF Minimumweight Title Fights|Title Fights]]
|}

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|International Boxing Federation]]
[[Category:IBF Gallery|IBF Photo Gallery]]

European Boxing Union

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[[file:Ebulogo.jpg|EBU logo|]]

Official website: [http://www.boxebu.com/ European Boxing Union]

The [[European Boxing Union]] (also popularly known to boxing fans as EBU) is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe. EBU is affiliated organization of [[World Boxing Council]]

== History ==

The EBU started life as the (IBU) [[International Boxing Union]] in Paris in 1910. The IBU became the EBU in 1946.

During most of the 20th century, and, specially, during that era's first decades, the EBU recognized many world title fights. The European Boxing Union competed against the American based [[National Boxing Association]] (NBA), which staged the more widely recognized world title fights.

The [[European Boxing Union]] went through a period of economical difficulties during World War II. Because one of the organization's most important rules is that every fighter that fights for an EBU title must be a national and a resident of a European country, and all fights must be held in Europe, it became very hard, if not almost impossible, for the European Boxing Union to stage fights. As a consequence, the European Boxing Union suffered financial difficulties during this period.

On April 28, 1951, German, the Saar and Turkey were admitted to the Union.

In 1963, the National Boxing Association became the [[World Boxing Association]] (WBA). Also in 1963, the WBC was formed from a group of WBA members that disagreed with the WBA's policies, and, with two other organizations competing to attract boxers, the EBU's personnel ultimately decided to recognize regional title bouts instead.

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="center"
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| bgcolor=#ffdead colspan="3" align="center" | '''CURRENT EBU TITLE HOLDERS'''
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! bgcolor=#ffdead | Weight Class || bgcolor=#ffdead | Champion || bgcolor=#ffdead | Date Won
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| align="center" | Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Erkan Teper]] || align="center" | July 17, 2015
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| align="center" | Cruiserweight || align="center" | Vacant || align="center" | —
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| align="center" | Light Heavyweight || align="center" | [[Igor Mikhalkin]] || align="center" | April 11, 2014
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| align="center" | Super Middleweight || align="center" | [[Callum Smith]] || align="center" | March 2, 2016
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| align="center" | Middleweight || align="center" | [[Michel Soro]] || align="center" | June 20, 2015
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| align="center" | Light Middleweight || align="center" | [[Cedric Vitu]] || align="center" | June 13, 2015
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| align="center" | Welterweight || align="center" | [[Gianluca Branco]] || align="center" | November 22, 2014
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| align="center" | Light Welterweight || align="center" | Vacant || align="center" | —
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| align="center" | Lightweight || align="center" | [[Edis Tatli]] || align="center" | April 25, 2015
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| align="center" | Super Featherweight || align="center" | [[Romain Jacob]] || align="center" | February 14, 2014
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| align="center" | Featherweight || align="center" | Vacant || align="center" | —
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| align="center" | Super Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Gavin McDonnell]] || align="center" | March 28, 2015
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| align="center" | Bantamweight || align="center" | [[Ryan Farrag]] || align="center" | October 30, 2015
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| align="center" | Flyweight || align="center" | [[Thomas Masson]] || align="center" | September 12, 2015
|-

[[Category:Sanctioning Bodies|European Boxing Union]]