World Boxing Federation

The World Boxing Federation ( WBF ) is a boxing association that organizes official fights and awards, among other things, the WBF world championship in professional boxing . It is affiliated with the ABC and is therefore subject to the same rules as the five major world associations.

The WBF was founded by the American Larry Carrier in 1988 and dissolved in 2004. After the Interregnum , the boxing association was revitalized as a non-profit organization in 2009 based in Niederkorn in Luxembourg . Olaf Schröder, Howard Goldberg and Christian Rösen were significantly involved in the rebuilding of the WBF. From 2010, Jean-Marcel Nartz, a major player in German professional boxing, was also a member of the WBF board and served as vice-president until 2019. The WBF is not counted among the influential world boxing federations.

There have been several well-known titleholders of the association such as Evander Holyfield , Roy Jones Jr. , Johnny Nelson , Francois Botha , Christina Hammer , John Scully and Senad Gashi. The WBF organizes around 90 title fights worldwide every year.

List of presidents

• Larry Carrie (1988-1989)
• Ron Scalf (1989-2003)
• Jonathan Feld (2003-2004)
• Interregnum (2004-2009)
• Howard Goldberg (since 2009)

See also

• List of WBF heavyweight world champions

Web links

• official website
• World Boxing Federation at BoxRec

Individual evidence

1. ^ World Boxing Federation Non-profit-making Organization
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ World Boxing Federation People: Jean-Marcel Nartz. In: worldboxingfederation.net. Retrieved May 9, 2020 . 
4. ^ After Five Decades In Boxing, WBF Vice President Jean-Marcel Nartz Retires. Retrieved May 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Associations and weight classes at a glance ran.de
6. ^ Thibault Perrin: SBW contre Botha, le combat dure toujours. February 14, 2013, accessed May 9, 2020 (French). 
7. ↑ World Boxing Federation Champions Of The Past: John Scully. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .