Some facts about 'World Titles'

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

The National Boxing Association (NBA) was formed by representatives from thirteen American states to counterbalance the influence the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) wielded in the boxing world. This often meant that the NBA and the NYSAC crowned different world champions in the same division, leading to confusion about who was the real champion.
In 1962 the NBA, with the growth of boxing's popularity worldwide, changed its name to the World Boxing Association (WBA).

The World Boxing Council (WBC) was initially established 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 invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, to form an international boxing organization that would achieve the unity of all commissions of the world to control the expansion of boxing.The groups that historically had recognized several boxers as champions included the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), the National Boxing Association, the European Boxing Union and the British Boxing Board of Control, but these groups lacked, for the most part, the all-encompassing "international" status they boasted of.

This means that prior to 1962, we still had more than 1 champion Honestly never knew that. Also The EBU & BBBofC... Unified by the WBC?! Is that right?

The WBA, often remarked as the 'original sanctioning body of professional boxing' can be traced back to the original National Boxing Association, organized in 1921. However The NYSAC, who supported the formation of the WBc was founded in 1920! Confused much?

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In 1983, at the WBA's annual convention, held in Puerto Rico that year, Bob Lee, president of the USBA, lost in his bid to become WBA president against Gilberto Mendoza. Lee and others withdrew from the convention after the election, and decided to organize a new world-level organization. At first, the new group was named the USBA-International but was then named The IBF

The WBO also started after a group of Puerto Rican and Dominican businessmen broke out of the World Boxing (WBA) Association's 1988 annual convention in Isla Margarita, Venezuela over disputes regarding what rules should be applied.

The IBF is preceded by the United States Boxing Association (USBA), a regional championships organization like the NABF, NABC and NABA.

The WBC has nine regional governing bodies affiliated with it, such as the North American Boxing Federation (NABF), the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF), the European Boxing Union (EBU) and the African Boxing Council (ABC).

The WBA has FOUR regional governing bodies affiliated with it including but not limited to FEDELATIN, Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA), European Boxing Association (EBA), North American Boxing Association (NABA).