North American Boxing Federation

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The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council (WBC).

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History

The WBC established the NABF in 1969 as part of its creation of a variety of regional boxing federations. These regional federations would sanction championship bouts and crown regional champions. These champions would be given consideration in the world rankings put out by the WBC. The first NABF title bout was between Sonny Liston and Leotis Martin on December 6, 1969. [1]

According to the International Boxing Research Organization, "the appearance of the NABF in 1969 marked the start of major 12-round title bouts in western countries..." [2]

Current champions

Male

Weight class:Champion:Reign began:
Minimumweight vacant
Light flyweight vacant
Flyweight Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Angel HerreraDecember 21, 2019
Super flyweight Flag of the Philippines.svg Jade Bornea January 30, 2020
Bantamweight vacant
Super bantamweight vacant
Featherweight Flag of Ghana.svg Isaac Dogboe June 19, 2021
Super featherweight Flag of the United States.svg Floyd Schofield October 22, 2021
Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Muratalla May 20, 2023
Super lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Luis Feliciano August 22, 2019
Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg Blair Cobbs November 2, 2019
Super welterweight Flag of Albania.svg Ermal Hadribeaj February 19, 2022
Middleweight vacant
Super middleweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shakeel Phinn June 8, 2019
Light heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Gilberto Ramirez December 18, 2020
Cruiserweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Rozicki September 30, 2023
Heavyweight Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Martin Bakole August 03, 2024

Female

Weight class:Champion:Reign began:
Atomweight vacant
Strawweight vacant
Light flyweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kim Clavel December 7, 2019
Flyweight vacant
Super flyweight vacant
Bantamweight vacant
Super bantamweight Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Odessa-ParkerDecember 19, 2020
Featherweight vacant
Super featherweight Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Mayer October 13, 2018
Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Selina Barrios December 29, 2017
Super lightweight vacant
Welterweight vacant
Super welterweight vacant
Middleweight Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Miller May 18, 2019
Super middleweight vacant
Heavyweight vacant

Other regional WBC federations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing Bodies: A Brief Chronology and Rundown". International Boxing Digest. 40 (1): 58. January 1998.
  2. ↑ "About All These 12-Rounders". International Boxing Digest. 38 (6): 60. August 1996.
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