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1World Professional Boxing Federation — The World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) is a non profit governing body that sanctions world championship boxing bouts and subordinate championships bouts. Its headquarters was located New York City,USA. Introduction History The World… …
2Professional boxing — Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters… …
3Professional Boxing Association — The [http://thepba.org Professional Boxing Association (PBA)] was formed in 2007. The organisation formed as a result of a meeting between Alan Irwin (the Chief Executive of the [http://educationalsportsforum.co.uk Educational Sports Forum (ESF)] …
4European Boxing Union — The European Boxing Union (also popularly known to boxing fans as EBU) is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe. Contents 1 History 2 Rules 3 Champions 4 …
5International Boxing Union — The International Boxing Union (IBU) was created June 1911 in Paris, France. It was an attempt to create a unified international governing body for professional boxing. Signators of the Protocol for the IBU were: Paul Rousseau (President of… …
6boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …
7Boxing — For other meanings of these words, see Boxing (disambiguation), Boxer (disambiguation), Box (disambiguation), or Prizefighter (disambiguation). Boxing Ricardo Dominguez (left) is throwing an uppercut on Rafael Ortiz (right). Also known as… …
8World Boxing Council — The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon… …
9World Boxing Foundation — The World Boxing Foundation was formed in 2004 to sanction championship boxing contests but has a history dating back to 1988 via its predecessor the World Boxing Federation. The WBF was originally formed by drag racing identity Larry Carrier in… …
10World Boxing Empire — The World Boxing Empire (WBE) is a boxing sanctioning body founded in 2001, then under the name World Boxing Syndicate (WBS). Its inaugural title fight took place in Annandale, Virginia, on March 9, 2002, between Mitch Green and Danny Wofford. On …
