USA Boxing

USA Boxing
Type National governing body (NGB)
Headquarters Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Region served
 United States
Affiliations USOC
Website www.usaboxing.org

USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic-style amateur boxing. It is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association (AIBA), who sets its rules.[1][2]

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, USA Boxing is a non-profit organization responsible for the administration, development and promotion of Olympic-style boxing in the United States.

USA Boxing, formerly known as the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, has governed men's amateur boxing in the United States since 1888. USA Boxing officially lifted its ban on women's boxing in 1993.[3][1]

USA Boxing comprises 56 Local Boxing Committees, which are grouped into 14 geographical regions. These LBCs, along with the coaches, athletes, and officials, form the backbone of USA Boxing and Olympic-style boxing in the United States. Boxing facilities, coaches, officials and athletes may be affiliated with USA Boxing, with athletes receiving an official "passbook" to be presented and marked at all sanctioned events. Athletes are classified according to age, gender and weight, with boxers younger than seventeen known as "juniors" and those thirty-five or older known as "masters."

The national amateur boxing championships now sponsored by USA Boxing and titled the United States Championships were formerly the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union)) Boxing championships.[4] The Championships crown a United States Amateur Champion in each of the sanctioned weight classes.[5]

USA Boxing organizes the USA Knockouts team in the World Series of Boxing.

Weight Classes

US Amateur Champions

Below are the lists of the national amateur champions, by division:

References

  1. 1 2 "Striking a Blow for Equality : Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America's first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct". Articles.latimes.com. 1993-10-18. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. ↑ "To fix a broken U.S. boxing Olympic program, why not a Dream Team?". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  3. ↑ "History of Amateur Boxing". Team USA. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Historical Dictionary of Boxing - John Grasso". Books.google.co.uk. p. 40. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Boxing Trials Coming To Philadelphia « CBS Philly". Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

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