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The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921. In 1962, the organization was renamed the World Boxing Association (WBA). The WBC was organized in 1963. The IBF, which was founded in 1983 by the members of the United States Boxing Association after the USBA withdrew from membership in the WBA. The WBO, founded in 1988.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Muhammad Ali was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades. 1970 – Carlos Monzón KO 12 Nino Benvenuti I; 1971 – Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I; 1972 – Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan; 1973 – George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier I; 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and ...
Joseph "Joe" Dorsey Jr. (July 16, 1935-October 20, 2004) was an American professional boxer, ending with a 29-6 record, who won a court case in the 1950s against Louisiana's law banning interracial boxing matches. [1] The New Orleans-born Dorsey began boxing at 16 and retired from the sport at age 31. [2]
Joe Calzaghe vs. Peter Manfredo Jr., billed as Pride Under Pressure, was a professional boxing match contested on 7 April 2007, for the WBO and The Ring super middleweight championship. [1] The bout took place at Millennium Stadium , with Calzaghe winning by technical knockout in the third round.
Joe Smith Jr. (born September 20, 1989) is an American professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight title from 2021 to 2022. In 2016, Smith became the first boxer to score a stoppage victory over former undisputed middleweight world champion Bernard Hopkins .
March 27 – Barney Ross retains the world Jr. Welterweight title with a ten-round decision over Bobby Pacho, in Los Angeles. 28 May – Barney Ross becomes the third man in boxing history to win world titles in three different divisions, defeating Jimmy McLarnin for the world Welterweight title by a fifteen-round decision in New York City.