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The World Series of Boxing had a precursor in the International Boxing League, a short-lived U.S. venture established in November 1969 after the first U.S.—Soviet boxing dual meet in 1969. The league functioned until 1971 and hosted several exhibition tours of the Soviet boxing team across the United States to cities where IBL teams were located.
World Boxing Union [29] 2012 USA: WBL World Boxing League [30] N/A N/A UBF Universal Boxing Federation [31] 2014 USA: ABO American Boxing Organization [32] 2015 IND: IPBA Indian Professional Boxing Association [33] 2016 N/A BIBA British & Irish Boxing Authority [34] N/A KOR: WBS World Boxing Society [35] 2017 PAK: PBC Pakistan Boxing Council ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1974 Havana Wilfredo Gómez (PUR) Luis Jorge Romero (CUB) Aldo Cosentino (FRA) David Torosyan (URS) 1978 Belgrade Adolfo Horta (CUB) Fazlija Šaćirović (YUG)
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBA awards its world championship title ...
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.
The World Boxing Council created a new division called bridgerweight for boxers weighing between 200 and 225 pounds. As of June 2022, no other major organization has recognized the division. The championship of the heavyweight division has been fractured or disputed at various times in its history.
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The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title. 41 Lou Del Valle (def. Eddy Smulders) 20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 1998 0 42 Roy Jones Jr. 18 Jul 1998 – Dec 2000 5