World Boxing Association

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boxing sanctioning body non-profit organization sports organization

The World Boxing Association is one of the major international sanctioning bodies that organizes and regulates professional boxing world championship bouts across multiple weight divisions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
World Boxing Association canonical 23
WBA 13
National Boxing Association 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing sanctioning body ⓘ
non-profit organization ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WBA
alsoKnownAs World Boxing Association ⓘ
surface form: WBA
continent North America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
founded 1921 ⓘ
foundedAs World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Boxing Association
foundedBy Gilberto Mendoza ⓘ
governs world championship boxing titles ⓘ
hasDivision bantamweight ⓘ
cruiserweight ⓘ
featherweight ⓘ
flyweight ⓘ
heavyweight ⓘ
light flyweight ⓘ
light heavyweight ⓘ
lightweight ⓘ
middleweight ⓘ
minimumweight ⓘ
super bantamweight ⓘ
super featherweight ⓘ
super flyweight ⓘ
super lightweight ⓘ
super middleweight ⓘ
super welterweight ⓘ
welterweight ⓘ
hasRankingSystem yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Panama City ⓘ
surface form: Panama City, Panama
industry professional boxing ⓘ
isOneOf four major boxing sanctioning bodies ⓘ
issuesTitle WBA regular champion ⓘ
WBA super champion ⓘ
WBA world champion ⓘ
leaderName Gilberto Mendoza ⓘ
surface form: Gilberto Mendoza Jr.
leaderTitle President ⓘ
movedHeadquartersTo Panama City ⓘ
surface form: Panama City, Panama
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
originalHeadquartersLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
parentOrganization none ⓘ
peerOrganization International Boxing Federation ⓘ
World Boxing Council ⓘ
World Boxing Organization ⓘ
predecessor World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Boxing Association
purpose regulation of professional boxing titles ⓘ
sanctioning world championship boxing bouts ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
renamed World Boxing Association self-link ⓘ
renamedIn 1962 ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
typeOfOrganization international sanctioning body ⓘ
website https://www.wbaboxing.com ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Featherweight Title → governingBodiesInclude → World Boxing Association ⓘ
International Boxing Hall of Fame → recognizedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Lightweight Title → associatedWith → World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Welterweight Title → governingBodies → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Thrilla in Manila → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
Rumble in the Jungle → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Boxing Association → abbreviation → World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
World Boxing Association → predecessor → World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Boxing Association
World Boxing Association → foundedAs → World Boxing Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Boxing Association
World Boxing Association → renamed → World Boxing Association self-link ⓘ
World Boxing Association → alsoKnownAs → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
world boxing championships → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
subject surface form: World Boxing Championships
World Boxing Council → isMajorAlongWith → World Boxing Association ⓘ
International Boxing Federation → alongside → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Eusebio Pedroza → memberOf → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Organization → cooperatesWith → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Floyd Mayweather Jr. → majorWorldTitles → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston fight → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
The Battle of the Ages → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Heavyweight Champion → hasGoverningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
Iron Mike → associatedOrganization → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA cruiserweight title → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA cruiserweight title → organizer → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA cruiserweight title → relatedOrganization → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
WBA cruiserweight title → rankingSystem → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA rankings
WBA cruiserweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Boxing Association Championships Committee
WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
Tyson–Holyfield II ear-biting incident → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
J.C. → worldTitleOrganization → World Boxing Association ⓘ
subject surface form: Julio César Chávez
this entity surface form: WBA
WBC light heavyweight title → majorSanctioningBodiesInDivision → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
The Ring middleweight title → notSanctionedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
WBA heavyweight title → sanctionedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title → governingBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title → isTopDivisionIn → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA men's professional boxing
WBA heavyweight title → sanctioningRulesSetBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA super bantamweight title → sanctioningBody → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA super bantamweight title → awardedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
WBA super bantamweight title → organizationAcronym → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA
The Ring super bantamweight title → notSanctionedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WBA