List of boxing associations
This list of boxing associations provides an overview of global, intercontinental, as well as continental and national boxing associations. Amateur and professional associations are listed separately.
Professional boxes
Global Associations
The currently most important world associations
- World Boxing Council (WBC)
- World Boxing Association (WBA) founded as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
- International Boxing Federation (IBF)
- World Boxing Organization (WBO)
Former major world associations
Insignificant world associations
- International Boxing Organization (IBO)
- International Boxing Association (IBA)
- International Boxing Council (IBC)
- Global Boxing Union (GBU)
- International Boxing Union (IBU, active since 1996)
- World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Former insignificant world associations
- World Boxing Union (WBU) founded as an association in 2010
- International Boxing Union (IBU, 1913-1946)
Women's World Associations only
World associations that do not award championship titles
Continental Associations
- European Boxing Union (EBU)
- North American Boxing Federation (NABF)
- North American Boxing Organization (NABO)
- North American Boxing Association (NABA)
Former continental associations
- Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF) renamed Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) in 1977 and since then intercontinental
Intercontinental Associations
- Commonwealth Boxing Council
- Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) founded as Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF) and continental until 1977
National Associations
- Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF)
- Association of German Professional Boxers (BDB)
- German Boxing Association (GBA)
- British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)
- Argentina Boxing Federation (ABF)
- Boxing Union of Ireland (BUI)
Former national associations
- National Sporting Club (NSC)
Amateur boxing
Global Associations
- Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA) founded as Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur (FIBA)
Continental Associations
- Asia Boxing Confederation (ASBC)
- American Boxing Confederation (AMBC)
- European Boxing Confederation (EUBC)
- African Boxing Union (ABU)
National Associations
- USA boxing
- Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA)
- German Boxing Association (DBV)
- Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA)