United States Boxing Council
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The United States Boxing Council (USBC) is a governing body
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...

 that sanctions regional championships bouts. It is an affiliated organization within the World Professional Boxing Federation
World Professional Boxing Federation
The World Professional Boxing Federation ' is an international sanctioning body that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championship title...

 (WPBF).

Current USBC Title Holders

Weight class: Champion: Date won:
Strawweight (105 lbs) vacant
Junior flyweight (108 lbs) vacant
Flyweight
Flyweight
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 (112 lbs)
vacant
Junior bantamweight (115 lbs) vacant
Bantamweight
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 (118 lbs)
  Andre Wilson 27 September 2008
Junior featherweight (122 lbs) vacant
Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 (126 lbs)
vacant
Junior lightweight (130 lbs) vacant
Lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 (135 lbs)
vacant
Junior welterweight (140 lbs) vacant
Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 (147 lbs)
  Hector Alatorre
Hector Alatorre
Hector Alatorre is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former World Boxing Empire Lightweight champion.-Pro Career:...

13 October 2007
Junior middleweight (154 lbs) vacant
Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 (160 lbs)
vacant
Super middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 (168 lbs)
vacant
Light heavyweight
Light heavyweight
In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 (175 lbs)
vacant
Cruiserweight (200 lbs)   Jimmy Matz 04 May 2007
Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 (200+ lbs)
vacant

Other world organizations

  • International Boxing Association
    International Boxing Association
    The International Boxing Association is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...

  • International Boxing Council
    International Boxing Council
    The International Boxing Council is a boxing organization. The IBC titles are often the beginning for professional boxers who progress to high prestigious titles....

  • International Boxing Federation
    International Boxing Federation
    The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

  • International Boxing Organization
    International Boxing Organization
    The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...

  • International Boxing Union
    International Boxing Union
    The International Boxing Union was created June 1911 in Paris, France. It was an attempt to create a unified international governing body for professional boxing...

  • World Boxing Association
    World Boxing Association
    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

  • World Boxing Council
    World Boxing Council
    The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

  • World Professional Boxing Federation
    World Professional Boxing Federation
    The World Professional Boxing Federation ' is an international sanctioning body that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championship title...

  • World Boxing Federation
    World Boxing Federation
    The World Boxing Federation is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in Luxembourg.-History:...

  • World Boxing Organization
    World Boxing Organization
    The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

  • World Boxing Union
    World Boxing Union
    The World Boxing Union is a boxing sanctioning body.Until recently it was fully recognised by the British Boxing Board of Control as a legitimate sanctioning body.WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa....


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