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| Abbreviation | WB |
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| Formation | 2023 |
| Headquarters | Renens, Switzerland |
Membership | 27 national federations |
President | Boris van der Vorst |
| Website | worldboxing |
World Boxing is an international sports organization regulating amateur (Olympic-style) boxing. It was formed in response to the International Boxing Association's (IBA) strained relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). WB aims to campaign for the retention of boxing as an Olympic sport. [1]
A number of boxing national federations formed the Common Cause Alliance (CCA) [2] as part of an effort to keep boxing in the Summer Olympics calendar from the 2024 edition in Paris onwards. [3]
The alliance was formed in early 2022 by 18 federations. It called for the Russian-led International Boxing Association to disclose its financial dealings with Russian energy giant Gazprom, determine the detrimental effects of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and for IBA to take stronger action against the Russian Boxing Federation. [4]
In May 2022, Dutch official Boris van der Vorst, who heads the group was ruled ineligible to challenge incumbent IBA president and Russian official Umar Kremlev in an election. [4] In September 2022, an extraordinary IBA congress decided against holding any new election, this allowing Kremlev to retain the presidency. By December 2022, the membership of the Common Cause Alliance has grown to 25 federations. [5]
World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with its interim board including officials from member organizations of the Common Cause Alliance. [1] [6] [7]
Argentina Boxing Federation 
Boxing Australia 
Confederaçâo Brasileira de Boxe
Boxing Canada
Czech Boxing Association
Danish Boxing Association
Boxing Association of England 
Finnish Boxing Federation
Great Britain Boxing 
German Boxing Association
Honduras Boxing Federation
Iceland Boxing Federation
Jamaica Boxing Board of Control
Mongolia Amateur Boxing Association
Dutch Boxing Federation
Boxing New Zealand 
Nigeria Boxing Federation
Norwegian Boxing Federation 
Panamanian Boxing Federation
Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines 
Polynesian Boxing Federation
Boxing Scotland
Surinaamse Boxbond
Swedish Boxing Federation
USA Boxing 
US Virgin Islands Boxing Federation
Welsh Boxing
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