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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.
American boxing magazine The Ring began awarding world titles in 1922. There are 18 weight divisions. To compete in a division, a boxer's weight must not exceed the upper limit. Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history.
The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateur Champion on amateur boxers for winning the annual national amateur boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).
In boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is the boxer who simultaneously holds world titles from all major organizations [1] [2] recognized by each other and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. There are currently four major sanctioning bodies: WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF. There were many undisputed champions before the number of ...
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
Roy Jones Jr. 5 Jun 1999 – 19 Nov 2002 7 Jones Jr. vacated the title. [18] 11 Antonio Tarver (def. Montell Griffin) 26 Apr – 31 Oct 2003 0 Tarver vacated the title due to agreeing to a fight with Roy Jones Jr. which included a rematch clause that would have made him unavailable for a mandatory defense had he won. [19] 12 Glen Johnson
In an interview with Arsenio Hall in the late 1980s, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stated that his two biggest influences in boxing were Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis. [146] After Joe Louis died, Ali stated, "Whatever I said before, I don't mean it, 'cause Joe Louis was the greatest." [147] Ali then told the Washington Post:
These must have brought positive spotlight to upstate New York or done a considerable service to the sport of Bare-knuckle boxing.Honorary inductees are those that have not bare knuckle boxed, that is, those listed as a 'boxer' have boxed with gloves or wraps, and inductees associated with ice hockey are inducted for their contributions to the fighting aspects of the game (to date, both hockey ...