World Boxing

International boxing governing body

World Boxing

Abbreviation| WB
Formation| 13 April 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-13)
Founded at| Lausanne, Switzerland
Type| International sport federation
Legal status| Governing body of amateur boxing
Headquarters| Avenue de Rhodanie 2 – CP 975 1001, Lausanne, Switzerland
Membership| 111 national federations

President

| Boris van der Vorst

Vice-president(s)

* Ryan O’Shea
* Matt Holt
* Dinah Glykidis

Main organ

| Congress
Subsidiaries|

* Asian Boxing
* Pan American Boxing
* European Boxing

Affiliations|

* International Olympic Committee
* ASOIF

Website| worldboxing.org

World Boxing is an international sports governing body for amateur boxing. Formed on 13 April 2023, it currently consists of 111 member federations. It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the international governing body for amateur boxing, and will sanction boxing at the Summer Olympics beginning in 2028.

The organisation was formed in response to ongoing governance and integrity issues facing the International Boxing Association (IBA), which had resulted in its suspension—and later, expulsion—from the IOC. Its charter members were drawn from the Common Cause Alliance, a group of IBA members that had demanded transparency over the organisation's governance and finances amid the presidency of Umar Kremlev and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and campaigned for maintaining boxing as an Olympic sport. In February 2025, the IOC granted provisional recognition to World Boxing after meeting benchmarks for reach and integrity; the following month, the IOC approved the reinstatement of boxing on the Olympic programme.

## History

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### Common Cause Alliance

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The International Boxing Association had been suspended by the IOC in 2019 due to issues surrounding its governance and finances. Further scrutiny emerged under the presidency of Umar Kremlev—which began in 2020—including allegations of increased Russian influence (including close ties to president Vladimir Putin, a sponsorship agreement with state-owned oil company Gazprom, and having moved some of its operations to Russia), and continued concerns over governance, finances, and the integrity of officiating.[1][2][3][4][5]

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, 18 boxing national federations formed a consortium known as the "Common Cause Alliance" (CCA), which called for greater transparency on its finances (including the aforementioned Gazprom agreement), determine the detrimental effects of the invasion on the IBA, and for it to take stronger action against the Russian Boxing Federation. The CCA also pledged support for boxing to continue being a Summer Olympic sport.[6][7]

During the IBA Congress in May 2022, one day before a presidential vote, five candidates connected to the CCA were deemed ineligible by IBA's Interim Nomination Unit, accusing them of engaging in prohibited "collaborations" and campaigning outside of the designated period. One of the candidates—Dutch official Boris van der Vorst—filed for an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), stating that the candidates had been approved by the IBA's Disciplinary Committee, which had also approved the CCA's activities as being supportive of the IBA's mission.[8][9] The CAS overruled the IBA decision, resulting in an Extraordinary IBA Congress in September; however, the IBA's members voted against van der Vorst's proposal to challenge Kremlev's re-election.[2] By December 2022, the membership of the Common Cause Alliance had grown to 25 federations.[10]

### World Boxing

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In April 2023, the IOC stated that it needed to have a partner International Federation for boxing by early 2025, otherwise the sport's presence at the 2028 Summer Olympics would be at risk.[11] On 13 April 2023, World Boxing was launched as a competitor to the IBA, with its interim board including officials from member organizations of the CCA, and van der Vorst named inaugural president.[12][13][14] The IBA condemned World Boxing as a "rogue organization" whose sole purpose was to destroy the IBA's integrity, and threatened sanctions against national federations, athletes, and officials who participate in its events.[13][15]

On 22 June 2023, the IOC Executive Board voted to permanently withdraw its recognition of the IBA, citing a continued lack of progress on governance, finances, and addressing corruption since its original suspension.[16] On 7 May 2024, World Boxing held its first formal meeting with the IOC, discussing the future of Olympic boxing, and the criteria that would have to be met for the IOC to consider a proposal to recognize World Boxing as the governing body for boxing.[17]

On 15 May 2024, an exclusive deal was made for US company Nike Boxing to supply sporting apparel and footwear to World Boxing.[18]

On 26 September 2024, it was announced that Kazakhstani Olympic medallist Gennady Golovkin would lead World Boxing's Olympic Commission, serving as a liaison between World Boxing and the IOC on matters relating to Olympic boxing.[19]

On 2 October 2024, World Boxing announced a four-year agreement to delegate drug testing activities to the International Testing Agency (ITA).[20] On 10 October 2024, World Boxing agreed to delegate adjudication on all anti-doping violations to the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS AAD).[21]

In November 2024, the majority of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) voted to remain part of the IBA. ASBC President Pichai Chunhavajira resigned after the meeting.[22] In December 2024, Asian Boxing was formed with Chunhavajira elected to head the organization.[23][24] In January 2025, a Pan American Boxing Confederation was established by the 17 national federations from the Americas that were members of World Boxing at that time.[25][26]

On 24 February 2025, World Boxing announced an agreement with Exceed Boxing to manage its events and the organisation's commercial rights (such as sponsorships and broadcast rights).[27]

On February 25, 2025, World Boxing was admitted as a member of the Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport (AIMS), after an Extraordinary Assembly to discuss several key developments.[28][29]

On 26 February 2025, the IOC announced that it had granted provisional recognition to World Boxing as an international federation for boxing, citing its ongoing progress on membership reach and commitments to competitive integrity; van der Vorst stated that "there is still a lot of work to do, and everyone is as committed as ever to continuing to work together and doing everything within our power to deliver a better future for our sport and ensuring that boxing remains at heart of the Olympic movement."[30]

On 10 March 2025, World Boxing was granted provisional membership of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF), pending ratification by the ARISF general assembly.[31] On 17 March 2025, the IOC Executive Board recommended the reinstatement of boxing on the 2028 Summer Olympic programme, with sanctioning from World Boxing.[32][33] On 20 March 2025, during the 144th IOC Session in Greece, the IOC's members ratified the recommendations of the Executive Board, thus officially reinstating boxing as a Summer Olympic event.[34]

On 24 March 2025, European Boxing held its inaugural Congress in Prague, where Lars Brovil from the Danish Boxing Association was elected President.[35]

In April 2025, the IOC announced that one additional women's weight class would be added to boxing for parity with the men's events, bringing the total to 14 medal events at the 2028 Olympics.[36][37]

In May 2025, the organisation faced criticism for specifically naming Algerian boxer Imane Khelif in an announcement of mandatory sex verification testing via PCR test for all boxers 18 and older in World Boxing-sanctioned events; she had faced controversy during the 2024 Summer Olympics over allegations—themselves based on disputed testing by the IBA[38][39][40][41]—that she had XY chromosomes.[42][43] Reuters reported that van der Vorst had personally apologised to the Algeria Boxing Federation for the specific reference to Khelif, arguing that it violated her privacy.[42][43]

World Boxing was admitted as an associate member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), during its 49th General Assembly.[44]

## Tournaments

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* World Boxing Championships
* World Boxing Cup
* World Boxing Challenge
* World Boxing U19 Championships

### World Boxing Championships

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On 17 September 2024, World Boxing announced the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, would host the organisation's inaugural 2025 World Boxing Championships from 4 to 14 September 2025.[45][46][47][48]

### World Boxing U19 Championships

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On 19 June 2024, World Boxing announced the inaugural World Boxing U19 Championships to be held in Pueblo, Colorado from 25 October to 5 November 2024.[49][50]

## Continental federations

[edit]

* Asian Boxing
* Pan American Boxing Confederation
* European Boxing

## National federations

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Member federation: "+GB" indicates GB Boxing, whose catchment area overlaps the Home Nations members.

World Boxing currently has 111 national member federations - 11 from Africa, 25 from the Americas, 32 from Asia, 36 from Europe, and 7 from Oceania.[51]

Timeline  Date  | Countries

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9 August 2023 | The US, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, England (separately), and the Netherlands were World Boxing's first cohort of members.[52] (Total: 6)
24 August 2023 | Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden joined.[53] (Total: 12)
12 September 2023 | Denmark, Mongolia, Panama and French Polynesia (Tahiti).[54] (Total: 16)
20 October 2023 | Finland, Iceland, Jamaica, Nigeria, Norway and Czechia.[55] (Total: 22)
25 October 2023 | The Philippines, Scotland, Wales, Suriname and the US Virgin Islands.[56] (Total: 27)
<14 April 2024 | Tuvalu joins World Boxing before the 1 year anniversary.[57] (Total: 28)
31 May 2024 | India.[58] (Total: 29)
21 June 2024 | Barbados, Dominica, Peru and Singapore.[59] (Total: 33)
26 July 2024 | Italy, South Korea, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.[60] (Total: 37)
10 August 2024  | In a report published, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines president Ricky Vargas told The Philippine Star that he believed that the IOC would recognise World Boxing if they admitted at least 50 members, and claimed that the body was about to pass that threshold with 51.[61]
16 August 2024 | Chinese Tapei, Pakistan, Bhutan, Fiji, Ecuador.[62] (Total: 42)
10 September 2024 | Japan, Algeria.[63] (Total: 44)
26 September 2024 | Kazakhstan filed a submission to join on 26 September.[64]
3 October 2024 | During Panam Sports' general assembly on 3 October 2024, World Boxing stated that it had 48 members (including four unannounced members), with 10 under review.[65]
30 October 2024 | On 31 October 2024, World Boxing announced the admission of Andorra, Belgium, Iraq, Lithuania, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand, expanding its presence in Asia.[66] (Total: 51)
4 November 2024 | On 4 November 2024 the admission of Guatemala, Laos, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan—which had won the most gold medals in boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics was announced.[67] (Total: 55)
12 December 2024 | Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Myanmar and Palestine.[68] (Total: 60)
19 January 2025 | WB President, Van Der Vorst, during his visit to Egypt, met with Magdi Al-Louzi, the newly elected president of the Egyptian Boxing Federation, to discuss Egypt’s application to World Boxing.
24 January 2025 | Croatia, France, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Poland, Samoa, Turkmenistan.[69] (Total: 68)
4 February 2025 | Egypt, The Gambia, Grenada, Kiribati.[70] (Total: 72)
18 February 2025 | Kosovo, Syria, Hungary, Malawi, Estonia and Switzerland. The confirmation of Hungary as the 75th country to have its membership application approved by World Boxing’s Executive Board means that the International Federation has achieved one of the widely established criteria for Olympic inclusion, that a sport must be practiced in at least 75 countries on four continents.[71] (Total: 78)
12 March 2025 | China, Turkey, Sudan, Greece, Montenegro and Slovakia.[72][73] (Total: 84)
27 March 2025 | Albania, the Bahamas, Bulgaria, Ghana, Sierra Leone.[74] (Total: 89)
22 May 2025 | Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Ireland, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Mexico, Macao, Mauritius, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. The largest expansion yet, welcoming 17 new national federation members and surpassing a total of 100 member federations.[75] (Total: 106)
18 June 2025 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Indonesia, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago.[76] (Total: 111)
Africa
(African Boxing) |  Americas
(Pan America Boxing Confederation)  | Asia
(Asian Boxing) |  Europe
(European Boxing)  | Oceania

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* Algeria (Fédération Algérienne de Boxe)[63]
* Egypt (Egyptian Boxing)[70]
* The Gambia (The Gambia National Boxing Association)[70]
* Ghana (Ghana Boxing Federation)[74]
* Madagascar (Madagascar Boxing Federation)[66]
* Malawi (Malawi Boxing Association)[71]
* Mauritius (Mauritius Boxing Federation)[75]
* Nigeria (Nigeria Boxing Federation)[55]
* Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone Boxing Federation)[74]
* Sudan (Sudan Amateur Boxing Association)[72][73]
* Uganda (Uganda Boxing Federation)[75]

* Argentina (Argentina Boxing Federation [es])[53]
* The Bahamas (Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas)[74]
* Barbados (Barbados Boxing Association)[59]
* Bermuda (Bermuda Boxing Federation)[60]
* Brazil (Confederação Brasileira de Boxe)[53]
* Canada (Boxing Canada)[53]
* Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands elite Boxing Federation)[60]
* Chile (Chilean Boxing Federation)[75]
* Colombia (Columbia Boxing Federation)[75]
* Cuba (Cuban Boxing Federation)[75]
* Dominica (Dominica Boxing Association)[59]
* Dominican Republic (Federacion Dominicana de Boxeo)[68]
* Ecuador (Ecuadorian Boxing Federation)[62]
* Grenada (The Boxing Association of Grenada)[70]
* Guatemala (Federación Nacional de Boxeo de Guatemala)[67]
* Honduras (Federación Hondureña de Boxeo)[53]
* Jamaica (Jamaica Boxing Board of Control)[55]
* Mexico (Federación Mexicana De Boxeo)[75]
* Panama (Panamanian Boxing Federation)[54]
* Peru (Federacion deportiva Peruana de Boxeo)[59]
* Suriname (Surinaamse Boksbond [nl])[56]
* Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago Boxing Association)[76]
* United States (USA Boxing)[52]
* US Virgin Islands (US Virgin Islands Boxing Federation)[56]
* Venezuela (Venezuela Boxing Federation)[75]

* Afghanistan (Afghanistan National Boxing Federation)[75]
* Bhutan (Bhutan Boxing Federation)[62]
* Cambodia (Cambodia Boxing Federation)[68]
* Chinese Taipei (Chinese Taipei Boxing Association)[62]
* China (Chinese Boxing Federation [zh])[73]
* Hong Kong (Hong Kong Boxing Federation)[75]
* India (Boxing Federation of India)[58]
* Indonesia (Indonesia Boxing Federation)[76]
* Iran (Iran national amateur boxing athletes)[69]
* Iraq (Iraq national amateur boxing athletes)[66]
* Japan (Japan Boxing Federation [ja])[63]
* Jordan (Jordan Boxing Association)[68]
* Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Boxing Federation)[67]
* Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic Boxing Federation)[66]
* Laos (Lao Boxing Federation)[67]
* Lebanon (Lebanese Boxing Federation)[75]
* Macao (Macao Boxing Federation)[75]
* Malaysia (Malaysian Boxing Federation)[69]
* Mongolia (Mongolia Boxing Association)[54]
* Myanmar (Myanmar Boxing Federation)[68]
* Nepal (Nepal Boxing Federation)[69]
* Pakistan (Pakistan Boxing Federation)[62]
* Palestine (Palestine Boxing Federation)[68]
* Philippines (Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines)[56]
* Saudi Arabia (Saudi Boxing Federation)[75]
* Singapore (Singapore Boxing Federation)[59]
* South Korea (Boxing Association of Korea [ko])[60]
* Syria (Syria national amateur boxing athletes)[71]
* Thailand (Thailand Boxing Association)[66]
* Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan Boxing Federation)[69]
* United Arab Emirates (United Arab Emirates Boxing Federation)[75]
* Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan Boxing Federation [uz])[67]

* Albania (Albania Boxing Federation)[74]
* Andorra (Andorran Boxing Federation)[66]
* Austria (Austrian Boxing Federation)[75]
* Azerbaijan (The Boxing Federation of Azerbaijan)[75]
* Belgium (Vlaamse Boks Liga)[66]
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxing Federation)[76]
* Bulgaria (Bulgarian Boxing Federation)[74]
* Croatia (Croatian Boxing Federation [hr])[69]
* Czechia (Czech Boxing Association)[55]
* Denmark (Danish Boxing Association [da])[54]
* England (England Boxing)[52]
* Estonia (Estonian Boxing Association)[71]
* Finland (Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto)[55]
* France (French Boxing Federation [fr])[69]
* Georgia (National Boxing Federation of Georgia)[76]
* Germany (Deutscher Boxsport-Verband [de])[53]
* Greece (Hellenic Boxing Federation [el])[72][73]
* Hungary (Magyar Ökölvívó Szakszövetség [hu])[71]
* Iceland (Hnefaleikasamband Íslands)[55]
* Ireland (Irish Athletic Boxing Association)[75]
* Italy (Federazione Pugilistica Italiana [it])[60]
* Kosovo (Kosovo Boxing Federation)[71]
* Lithuania (Lithuania Boxing Federation)[66]
* Montenegro (Boxing Association of Montenegro)[72][73]
* Netherlands (Nederlandse Boksbond)[52]
* Norway (Norwegian Boxing Federation [no])[55]
* Poland (Polski Związek Bokserski)[69]
* Romania (Romania Boxing Federation)[76]
* Scotland (Boxing Scotland)[56]
* Slovakia (Slovak Amateur Boxing Association)[72][73]
* Spain (Royal Spanish Boxing Federation)[75]
* Sweden (Svenska Boxningsförbundet [sv])[53]
* Switzerland (SwissBoxing)[71]
* Turkey (Turkish Boxing Federation [tr])[72][73]
* Wales (Welsh Boxing)[56]

In addition,  GB Boxing is an associate member: this is because the governance of amateur boxing in the United Kingdom, like cricket, football and rugby union, is devolved to the Home Nations.[52]

* Australia (Boxing Australia)[52]
* Fiji (Fiji Amateur Boxing Association)[62]
* French Polynesia (Fédération de Boxe de Polynésie Française)[54]
* Kiribati (Kiribati Boxing)[70]
* New Zealand (Boxing New Zealand)[52]
* Samoa (Independent Boxing Samoa)[69]
* Tuvalu (Tuvalu Amateur Boxing Association)[57]

## Presidents

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* Boris van der Vorst (2023–present)

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