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WBA
The first of four major professional boxing organizations - World Boxing Association (WBA) was born in Rhode Island, in 1921, as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
and the first boxing title fight recognized by the new Association being the Heavyweight bout between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier on July 2, 1921.
Jack Dempsey beat his rival by knockout in 4th round and became the first WBA boxing champion.
The NBA was founded to counter the influence of the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), that was established one year early. Both organizations crowned different boxing world champions in the same division, leading to discussion about who was the true world champion.
In 1962 organization, with the growth of boxing's popularity world-wide, changed its name to the World Boxing Association.
Dr. Gilberto Mendoza from Venezuela has been the President of the WBA since 1982. Now WBA Central office is in Panama.
Current WBA World Champions
Heavyweight
Alexander Povetkin, Russia
Cruiserweight
Guillermo Jones, Panama
(regular champion)
Denis Lebedev, Russia
(interim champion)
Light heavyweight
Beibut Shumenov, Kazakhstan
Super middleweight
Karoly Balzsay, Hungary
(regular champion)
Brian Magee, United Kingdom
(interim champion)
Middleweight
Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstan
(regular champion)
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, Cameroon
(interim champion)
Super welterweight
Austin Trout, USA
(regular champion)
Anthony Mundine, Australia
(interim champion)
Welterweight
Vyacheslav Senchenko, Ukraine
(regular champion)
Ismael El Massoudi, France
(interim champion)
Super lightweight
Marcos Maidana, Argentina
(regular champion)
Johan Perez, Venezuela
(interim champion)
Lightweight
vacant
(regular champion)
Richard Abril, Cuba
(interim champion)
Super featherweight
Takashi Uchiyama, Japan
(regular champion)
Bryan Vazquez, Costa-Rico
(interim champion)
Featherweight
Celestino Caballero, Panama
Super bantamweight
Guillermo Rigondeaux, Cuba
Bantamweight
Koki Kameda, Japan
(regular champion)
Hugo Ruiz, Mexico
(interim champion)
Super flyweight
Tomonobu Shimizu, Japan
(regular champion)
Liborio Solis, Venezuela
(interim champion)
Flyweight
Hernan Marquez, Mexico
(regular champion)
Juan Carlos Reveco, Argentina
(interim champion)
Light flyweight
Roman Gonzalez, Nicaragua
(regular champion)
Jose Alfredo Rodriguez, Mexico
(interim champion)
Minimumweight
Akira Yaegashi, Japan
(regular champion)
Paipharob Kokietgym, Thailand
(interim champion)
IBF
In April, 1983, the members of the United States Boxing Association (USBA) decided regional status of the organization extended to international.
New boxing organization got name United States Boxing Association-International (USBA-I) and Robert W. Lee, Sr., president of the USBA, who lost in his bid to become WBA president against Gilberto Mendoza in 1982, led the USBA-I.
In 1984 USBA-I changed its name to the name it currently operates under, the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
The first sanctioned title fight for the new IBF was Cruiserweight bout between Marvin Camel and Roddy MacDonald on December, 1983 and Marvin Camel became the first IBF World Champion.
In same year the IBF recognized heavyweight boxer Larry Holmes as champion after he relinquished the WBC title.
Now President of the IBF is American Marian Muhammad, who was elected in 2001. IBF main offices are in New Jersey.
Current IBF World Champions
Heavyweight
Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine
Cruiserweight
Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Cuba
Light heavyweight
Tavoris Cloud, USA
Super middleweight
Lucian Bute, Romania
Middleweight
Daniel Geale, Australia
Junior middleweight
Cornelius Bundrage, USA
Welterweight
Andre Berto, USA
Junior welterweight
Lamont Peterson, USA
Lightweight
Miguel Vazquez, Mexico
Junior lightweight
Juan Carlos Salgado, Mexico
Featherweight
Billy Dib, Australia
Junior featherweight
Takalani Ndlovu, South Africa
Bantamweight
Abner Mares, Mexico
Junior bantamweight
Rodrigo Guerrero, Mexico
Flyweight
Moruti Mthalane, South Africa
Junior flyweight
Ulises Solis, Mexico
Mini flyweight
Nkosinathi Joyi, South Africa
WBC
On February 14, 1963 at the meeting of representatives of 11 countries: USA, Argentina, Brazil,Chile, France, Great Britain, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines and Venezuela in Mexico City was created the first really international boxing organization - World Boxing Council (WBC).
New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), rival of the WBA in world boxing, supported new organization and was adopted into WBC in 1970.
On July, 1963, in Chicago, Sonny Liston beat Floyd Patterson by knockout in the 1st round. It was the first sanctioned Heavyweight title fight for the new boxing organization.
In 1983, for boxers' safety, WBC decided to reduce the distance of world championship fights from 15 rounds to 12 and other boxing organizations soon followed.
Among changes proposed by WBC also are the official weigh-in 24 hours prior to each bout and intoduction of new intermediate weight divisions.
In 1975 Jose Sulaiman, a Mexican boxing official of Lebanese-descent, was elected President of the WBC and has remained just that until today.
Current WBC World Champions
Heavyweight
Vitaly Klitschko, Ukraine
Cruiserweight
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland
Light heavyweight
Bernard Hopkins, USA
Super middleweight
Andre Ward, USA
Middleweight
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Mexico
Super welterweight
Saul Alvarez, Mexico
Welterweight
Floyd Mayweather, USA
Super lightweight
Erik Morales, Mexico
Lightweight
Antonio DeMarco, Mexico
Super featherweight
Takahiro Aoh, Japan
Featherweight
Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico
Super bantamweight
Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan
Bantamweight
Shinsuke Yamanaka, Japan
Super flyweight
Suriyan Por Chokchai, Thailand
Flyweight
Pongsakle Wonjongkam, Thailand
Light flyweight
Kompayak Porpramook, Thailand
Strawweight
Kazuto Ioka, Japan
WBO
The World Boxing Organization (WBO), last of four major professional boxing organizations, that currently recognizing professional boxing world champions.
It was formed in 1988 after scandal at WBA annual meeting in Isla Margarita, Venezuela, when group of Puerto Rican and Dominican businessmen complained existing WBA's questionable rules and ratings systems.
The first championship bout was for vacant super middleweight title between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen. Hearns won and became the first WBO world champion.
The first holder of WBO heavyweight title became Francesco Damiani, although WBA, WBC and IBF recognized Mike Tyson as the heavyweight champion at the time.
In 1996 the new WBO President became Puerto Rican lawyer Francisco Valcarcel that soon sign deals with the WBA and IBF to hold unification fights between WBO and other boxing organizations.
Due a long personal feud between Francisco Valcarcel and WBC President Jose Sulaiman, the WBC was the last organization, which wrote unification bouts convention.
The Central office of the WBO is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Current WBO World Champions
Heavyweight
Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine
Cruiserweight
Marco Huck, Germany
Light heavyweight
Nathan Cleverly, United Kingdom
Super middleweight
Robert Stieglitz, Germany
Middleweight
Dmitry Pirog, Russia
Junior middleweight
Sergiy Dzinziruk, Ukraine
(regular champion)
Zaurbek Baysangurov, Russia
(interim champion)
Welterweight
Manny Pacquiao, Philippines
Junior welterweight
Timothy Bradley, USA
Lightweight
Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico
(regular champion)
Ricky Burns, United Kingdom
(interim champion)
Junior lightweight
Adrien Broner, USA
Featherweight
Orlando Salido, Mexico
Junior featherweight
Jorge Arce, Mexico
Bantamweight
Nonito Donaire, Philippines
(regular champion)
Jorge Arce, Mexico
(interim champion)
Junior bantamweight
Omar Andres Narvaez, Argentina
Flyweight
Brian Viloria, USA
Junior flyweight
Donnie Nietes, Philippines
Mini flyweight
Moises Fuentes, Mexico
Boxing Headlines
27 Jan 2012 Star inactivity sapping the life out of boxing (Yahoo! Sports)
Boxing interest would grow exponentially if magnates like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fought more often.
24 Jan 2012 Mailbag: More of Mayweather's mouth (Yahoo! Sports)
Floyd Mayweather is coming up with the same old reasons why the Manny Pacquiao fight has yet to happen.
21 Jan 2012 At 47, Hopkins knows end finally near (AP)
Bernard Hopkins never believed in three-headed cows until he saw the two-headed calf. It's a freak of nature, and when Hopkins looked eye-to-eye, and, well, eye-to-eye again, at the mounted head, it made him contemplate what other kind of absurd animal roamed in the wild. Why couldn't a cow with three heads be alive and mooing?
21 Jan 2012 Jennings takes unanimous decision over Byarm (AP)
Bryant Jennings used a fine mix of looping head shots and effective counters to win a 10-round unanimous decision against Maurice Byarm in a heavyweight bout on Saturday night. Jennings remained undefeated at 12-0 with five KOs, while Byarm, whose father, Lionel, was Evander Holyfield's first pro opponent, lost for the first time, falling to 13-1-1.
20 Jan 2012 NBC Sports Network promotion has promise (Yahoo! Sports)
The latest attempt at reviving boxing on basic cable shows more promise than most.
20 Jan 2012 Venue argued in suit over late boxer's Gatti death (AP)
A wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Arturo Gatti's daughter is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the late boxer's fame and reputation in New Jersey and should be dismissed and instead moved to Brazil, where he died, attorneys for Gatti's widow argued Friday. Erika Rivera, mother of Sofia Bella Gatti, filed a wrongful death suit last fall against Gatti's widow, Amanda...
20 Jan 2012 Rigondeaux stops Ramos to take WBA title (AP)
Cuban two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux stopped Rico Ramos midway through the sixth round to take the WBA super bantamweight title Friday in just his ninth professional fight, a record for fewest bouts en route to a major world title. The undefeated Cuban defector floored the overmatched Ramos with a straight right in the first round, had control throughout and ended it with a left...
19 Jan 2012 Boxing's Freddie Roach in unusual reality show (AP)
When unknown actor Peter Berg wandered into the Outlaw Boxing Club in Hollywood about 17 years ago for a workout, a young trainer named Freddie Roach immediately earned his respect. "I came in, and nobody would really talk to me," Berg said. "Freddie was the first one to come up to me and really say, `God, you're horrible."' Berg took Roach's counsel and stuck to his...
19 Jan 2012 Harrison eager to make amends in comeback fight (AP)
British boxer Audley Harrison will return to the ring 14 months after his embarrassing performance in a world heavyweight title fight. The 40-year-old Harrison is set to face Iraqi-born Ali Adams on April 14 in Brentwood, England, on April 14. Harrison's last fight was his third-round loss to then-WBA champion David Haye in Manchester in November 2010.
19 Jan 2012 UFC fighters Guillard, Miller motivated (Yahoo! Sports)
Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller both have something to prove Friday night after unexpected losses.
19 Jan 2012 Mayweather takes his case to Pacman (Yahoo! Sports)
Looking for the big May 5 payday, Floyd Mayweather took his case directly to Manny Pacquiao.
18 Jan 2012 Peterson appeals in WBA's decision on Khan rematch (AP)
Lamont Peterson's camp has submitted an appeal to the WBA asking it to overturn a decision ordering a rematch against Amir Khan, the British fighter who lost his WBA and IBF belts in a hotly disputed bout. Khan's camp withdrew an appeal on Tuesday to the IBF over the split decision loss, saying it feared he wouldn't receive a fair hearing, although Peterson's management team said...
Source: Yahoo! Sports





