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).

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 Mexico Miguel Angel Herrera December 21, 2019
Super flyweight Philippines Jade Bornea January 30, 2020
Bantamweight vacant
Super bantamweight vacant
Featherweight United States Adam Lopez June 11, 2020
Super featherweight vacant
Lightweight Mexico Oscar Duarte March 7, 2020
Super lightweight United States Luis Feliciano August 22, 2019
Welterweight United States Blair Cobbs November 2, 2019
Super welterweight vacant
Middleweight vacant
Super middleweight CanadaShakeel Phinn June 8, 2019
Light heavyweight United States Alfonso Lopez November 16, 2019
Cruiserweight vacant
Heavyweight Russia Arslanbek Makhmudov September 28, 2019

Female

Weight class: Champion: Reign began:
Atomweight vacant
Strawweight vacant
Light flyweight Canada Kim Clavel December 7, 2019
Flyweight vacant
Super flyweight vacant
Bantamweight vacant
Super bantamweight United States Melissa Odessa-Parker December 19, 2020
Featherweight vacant
Super featherweight United States Mikaela Mayer October 13, 2018
Lightweight United States Selina Barrios December 29, 2017
Super lightweight vacant
Welterweight vacant
Super welterweight vacant
Middleweight United States 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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