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Some changes to report...
New Organizations
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC), BeNeLux Boxing Union (BBU), British Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC), Commonweath Independent States Boxing Bureau (CISBB -former Soviet states), North American Boxing Federation (NABF), Brazilian Boxing Confederation (CBB) and Swedish Boxing Federation (SBF) will all start operations within the next couple of months.
Organizational Name Changes
CABOFE - Caribbean Boxing Federation formerly Caribbean Islands Boxing Federation (CIBF)
EBBF - Eastern Bloc Boxing Federation formerly Eastern Bloc Boxing Commission (EBBC)
SCANBU - Scandinavian Boxing Union formerly (SBU)
FECOMBOX - Mexican Boxing Federation formerly (MBF)
IBU - Italian Boxing Union formerly Italian National Boxing Federation (INBF)
NZPBF - New Zealand Professional Boxing Federation formerly New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA)
PRBF - Puerto Rican Boxing Federation formerly Puerto Rican Boxing Commission (PRBC)
SABOFE- South African Boxing Federation formerly Boxing South Africa (BSA)
USNBA - United States National Boxing Association formerly National Boxing Association of America (NBAA)
Organizational Mergers
The EHBA and WHBA will be absolved into the new Regional organizations of the CBC and NABF. The EHBA will now be known as the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) and governs all boxers of the British Commonwealth Nations. The WHBA will now be known as the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) and governs all boxers from the countries of Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States.
*The current EHBA champion, (Joe Calzaghe) will be recognized as the interim CBC champion and will be required to fight the number one ranked challenger.
*The current WHBA champion, (Gene Tunney) will be recognized as the interim NABF champion and will be required to fight the number one ranked challenger.
New Organizational Structure
World Titles: IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO
Regional Titles:
CABO - Continental Americas Boxing Organization
EBU - European Boxing Union
ICBA - Inter-Continental Boxing Association
USBA - United States Boxing Association
Sub-Regional Titles:
ABCO - Asian Boxing Council
ABU - African Boxing Union
BBBoC - British Boxing Board of Control
BBU - BeNeLux Boxing Union
CABOFE - Caribbean Boxing Federation
CBC - Commonwealth Boxing Council
CISBB - Commonwealth Independent States Boxing Bureau
EBBF - Eastern Bloc Boxing Federation
LABA - Latin American Boxing Association
NABF - North American Boxing Federation
OPBF - Orient & Pacific Rim Boxing Federation
SABC - South American Boxing Council
SCANBU - Scandinavian Boxing Union
Sectional Titles:
ANBF - Australian National Boxing Federation
BBC - British Boxing Council
BUI - Boxing Union Ireland
CBB - Brazilian Boxing Confederation
CBF - Canadian Professional Boxing Federation
CNBF - Cuban National Boxing Federation
FAB - Argentinian Boxing Federation
FBF - French Boxing Federation
FECOMBOX - Mexican Boxing Federation
GBA - German Boxing Association
IBU - Italian Boxing Union
NBBoC - Nigerian Boxing Board of Control
NZPBF - New Zealand Professional Boxing Federation
PRBF - Puerto Rican Boxing Federation
RBF - Russian Boxing Federation
SABOFE - South African Boxing Federation
SBF - Swedish Boxing Federation
UBF - Ukrainian Boxing Federation
USNBA - United States National Boxing Association
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