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The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921 to serve as a regulating authority for boxing in the United States. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to its state boxing regulatory body, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) joining the NBA in recognizing world champions in each weight class.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States. On August 23, 1962, the NBA became the WBA, which today has its head office in Panama. [6]
Jones lost his boxing license after a brain scan found an anomaly. The WBO vacated his title before Jones regained his license. 8 Anatoly Alexandrov (def. Julien Lorcy) 16 May 1998 – 7 Aug 1999 1 9 Acelino Freitas: 7 Aug 1999 – 18 Jan 2004 10 Freitas vacated the title to stay at lightweight. [75] 10 Diego Corrales (def. Joel Casamayor)
In 1992 Dallas Malloy won a case and USA Boxing admitted women to its program, being the first governing body in the world to do so. [37] An international organization for amateur boxing was begun in 1946, known as the International Amateur Boxing Association. The development amateur scene of boxing has seen the United States as a world beater.
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.
2000. No events. 2001. 22 April – The BBC makes a return to showing professional time boxing when it shows the Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman fight. The BBC continues to show fights on a ad hoc basis for the next couple of years before deciding just to show boxing in multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.