List of boxing organisations

List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold.

Year	Country	Abbr.	Name
1880	ENG	ABA	Amateur Boxing Association of England[1]
1891	UK	BBBoC	British Boxing Board of Control[2]
1903	FRA	FFB	French Boxing Federation (Fédération Française de Boxe)[3]
1911–1946	FRA	IBU	International Boxing Union
1915	AUS	ANBF	Australian National Boxing Federation
1916	ITA	FPI	Federazione Pugilistica Italiana[4]
1920	ARG	ABF	Argentina Boxing Federation[5]
1921	USA	WBA	World Boxing Association[6]
1946	SWI	AIBA	International Boxing Association[7]
1946	FRA	EBU	European Boxing Union[8]
1949	GER	BDB	Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer[9]
1954	GB	CBC	Commonwealth Boxing Council[10]
1963		WBC	World Boxing Council[11]
1966	NZ	NZPBA	New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
1969		NABF	North American Boxing Federation[12]
1972	BAN	BABF	url=http://www.babf-bd.org/?page=history1%7Ctitle=BABF (Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Fedaration)|accessdate=April 21, 2019}}</ref>
1977	USA	USBA	United States Boxing Association
1980	IRL	BUI	Boxing Union of Ireland[13]
1983	USA	IBF	International Boxing Federation[14]
1984		NBA	National Boxing Association[15]
1988		WBF	World Boxing Federation[16]
	PRI	WBO	World Boxing Organization[17]
1989		WPBF	World Professional Boxing Federation
1989		IBC	International Boxing Council
1992	USA	IWBF	International Women's Boxing Federation
1993	USA	IBO	International Boxing Organization
1995	USA	WIBF	Women's International Boxing Federation
	USA	WBU	World Boxing Union
1996	USA	IBA	International Boxing Association
	USA	IBU	International Boxing Union
1997		NABA	North American Boxing Association[18]
	USA	IFBA	International Female Boxers Association
1999		GBC	Global Boxing Council
2000	USA	WIBA	Women's International Boxing Association
2002		WIBC	Women's International Boxing Council[19]
2004		WBF	World Boxing Foundation[20]
		UBO	Universal Boxing Organization[21]
2005-2007		TAB	Trans America Boxing
2005		GBU	Global Boxing Union
2008		WBF	World Boxing Forum[22]
2010		IAB	International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing[23]
		IAB	International Amateur Boxing[24]
	USA	WBU	World Boxing Union[25]
2012		WBL	World Boxing League[26]
		UBF	Universal Boxing Federation[27]
2014		ABO	American Boxing Organization[28]
2015	IND	IPBA	Indian Professional Boxing Association[29]
2016		BIBA	British & Irish Boxing Authority[30]
	KOR	WBS	World Boxing Society[31]
2017	PAK	PBC	Pakistan Boxing Council
2017		PBC	Professional Boxing Council
	LUX	RBO	Royal Boxing Organization[32]
		LBF	Legends Boxing Federation[33]
2018	Brazil	IBFed	Intercontinental Boxing Federation
		PBF	Pro Boxing Federation[34]
		APBC	Association of Professional Boxing Commissions[35]
	SWI	WBC	World Boxing Confederation[36]
	ITA	ITAB	Italian Authority of Boxing[37]
		EBL	European Boxing League[38]
		EBC	European Boxing Council[39]
2019	IRN	IPBA	Iran Professional Boxing Association