What are your Organizations (Titles) and Groups?

Tomato Can · 01-03-2020, 04:49 PM

I am always looking for a better way to separate out my fighters. I usually keep them separated by geographical regions until they reach a "World Ranking" of top 20. Once in the top 20 the fighters others from around the world. How do you separate out your fighters? Mine are:

AABF (African Arabian)
ABC (Asian)
BCB (British Commonwealth)
CBC (Canadian)
EBU (European)
LABO (Latin American)
USBA (USA)
PBF (Pacific / Oceanic)
WORLD (Top 20)

What are yours?

Hanson Bros · 01-04-2020, 06:21 PM

World

WBA
WBC
IBF
WBO

Regionals

ABA (Africa)
MEC (Middle East)
ABU (Asian)
OBF (Oceana)
CBC (Carribean)
SAC (South American)
CABF (Central American)
EBU (European)
CBU (British Commonwealth)
NABF (North American)
MBF (Mexican)

JCWeb · 01-05-2020, 10:57 AM

It's sorta based on how many boxers in the universe from a given time period.

WBA: One World Title belt
NABF: Mainly US, but covers Canada, Mexico and Latin America
USBA: lots of US boxers, so US only
GBU: lots of British boxers, so Great Britain (United Kingdom) only
CBU: broadens it to include all members of the British Commonwealth (so, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa included)
EBU: all of Europe
OPBF: Oriental and Pacific region, so includes boxers from Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, Thailand, etc.
LABF: Latin American federation, so it includes all of South American and countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, etc.

At this point, I haven't seen the need to create other organizations, so no African federation, no Asian federation, nothing strictly for South America. Note the overlaps, i.e., a Canadian boxer could compete for either the Commonwealth or NABF title, an Australian, for either the OPBF or Commonwealth and, a Mexican or Puerto Rican, for either the NABF or LABF titles.

I should add a note that not all titles are active in all weight classes. As they say, it takes two to tango, so need at least two active boxers to actually hold a title match. For example, right now, in 1943, I don't have enough American boxers at Prime career stage in the Flyweight division to have a bout for the USBA or even the NABF titles, but that may change soon, hopefully.

01-03-2020, 04:49 PM	#1
Tomato Can Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 426	What are your Organizations (Titles) and Groups? I am always looking for a better way to separate out my fighters. I usually keep them separated by geographical regions until they reach a "World Ranking" of top 20. Once in the top 20 the fighters others from around the world. How do you separate out your fighters? Mine are: AABF (African Arabian) ABC (Asian) BCB (British Commonwealth) CBC (Canadian) EBU (European) LABO (Latin American) USBA (USA) PBF (Pacific / Oceanic) WORLD (Top 20) What are yours?

01-04-2020, 06:21 PM	#2
Hanson Bros Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,003	World WBA WBC IBF WBO Regionals ABA (Africa) MEC (Middle East) ABU (Asian) OBF (Oceana) CBC (Carribean) SAC (South American) CABF (Central American) EBU (European) CBU (British Commonwealth) NABF (North American) MBF (Mexican) __________________ LBA UTBA3 Last edited by Hanson Bros; 01-04-2020 at 06:24 PM.

01-05-2020, 10:57 AM	#3
JCWeb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,042	Here's my list ... It's sorta based on how many boxers in the universe from a given time period. WBA: One World Title belt NABF: Mainly US, but covers Canada, Mexico and Latin America USBA: lots of US boxers, so US only GBU: lots of British boxers, so Great Britain (United Kingdom) only CBU: broadens it to include all members of the British Commonwealth (so, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa included) EBU: all of Europe OPBF: Oriental and Pacific region, so includes boxers from Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, Thailand, etc. LABF: Latin American federation, so it includes all of South American and countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, etc. At this point, I haven't seen the need to create other organizations, so no African federation, no Asian federation, nothing strictly for South America. Note the overlaps, i.e., a Canadian boxer could compete for either the Commonwealth or NABF title, an Australian, for either the OPBF or Commonwealth and, a Mexican or Puerto Rican, for either the NABF or LABF titles. I should add a note that not all titles are active in all weight classes. As they say, it takes two to tango, so need at least two active boxers to actually hold a title match. For example, right now, in 1943, I don't have enough American boxers at Prime career stage in the Flyweight division to have a bout for the USBA or even the NABF titles, but that may change soon, hopefully.