World Boxing

World Boxing was formed in April 2023 as a breakaway boxing federation by 18 nations who wished to withdraw from the International Boxing Association (IBA) (formerly AIBA), and form a new international federation to govern non-professional boxing.

As of September 2025 they had 125 member nations and the IOC was proposing that World Boxing become the official International Federation for boxing to organize the 2028 Olympic boxing tournament, replacing the IBA. World Boxing was recognized by the Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport (AIMS) in February 2025, and later that month, the IOC Executive Board gave 2025 World Boxing Provisional Recognition as the International Federation within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at the world level. In March 2025 it received further support when it was recognized by the Association of the IOC-Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF). At the 144th IOC Session, on 20 March 2025, World Boxing was recognized by the IOC as the governing federation for Olympic boxing.