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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

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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

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Male

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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 Ghana Isaac Dogboe June 19, 2021
Super featherweight United States Floyd Schofield October 22, 2021
Lightweight United States Raymond Muratalla May 20, 2023
Super lightweight United States Luis Feliciano August 22, 2019
Welterweight United States Blair Cobbs November 2, 2019
Super welterweight Albania Ermal Hadribeaj February 19, 2022
Middleweight vacant
Super middleweight CanadaShakeel Phinn June 8, 2019
Light heavyweight United States Gilberto Ramirez December 18, 2020
Cruiserweight Canada Ryan Rozicki September 30, 2023
Heavyweight United States Martin Bakole August 03, 2024

Female

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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

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See also

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References

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  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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