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WORLD BOXING
FEDERATION HISTORY & FUTURE |
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The World Boxing Federation
(WBF), originally established in
1988 in the USA, was one of the
world’s busiest professional
boxing sanctioning organizations
during the 90ies until being
forced to dissolve in 2004.
After a five-year interregnum
period, the WBF was
re-established in 2009 as a
bona-fide non-profit sports
organization properly registered
in Luxembourg.
Howard Goldberg, from Cape Town,
South Africa, a former world
class referee and judge, was
voted as the fourth president in
the WBF’s history and
subsequently re-elected in 2014.
Under Goldberg’s leadership,
together with the late former
Executive Director
Olaf
Schroeder (Germany),
former
Vice President
Jean Marcel
Nartz (Germany) and
current Vice President
Torben
Seemann Hansen (Denmark), the
WBF not only regained but
actually exceeded its former
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Despite strictly maintaining
just four titles per division
(World, Intercontinental,
International and Regional), the
WBF sanctioned over 430
championship contests since
being re-founded in 2009. WBF
title bouts took place on every
continent of the globe, bar
Antarctica.
We supported numerous promoters
to allow them to participate in
championship boxing because they
were avoided elsewhere. WBF
World Conventions became a
regular feature and brought
across a fresh message to the
boxing world, which fast grew
tired of old and corrupted ways.
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Photo: The two first WBF
Presidents Larry Carrier (right)
and Ron Scalf. |
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In fact, the WBF became so
successful that others tried
jumping on the band-wagon by
copying our three-letter
abbreviation and trademark blue
belts after creating so-called
“organizations” which in reality
are just private websites. But
there’s only one World Boxing
Federation, whose future looks
bright, while the imposters are
merely a side note nobody cares
about.
We have an abundance of plans
and ideas for the future of the
sport and with us boxing and the
boxers will always come first.
We have merely started and in
the years to come we will aim at
the very top. The World Boxing
Federation is here to stay.
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WBF
Presidents
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1988 - 1989 |
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Larry Carrier (USA). |
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1989 - 2003 |
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Ron Scalf (USA). |
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2003 - 2004 |
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Jonathan Feld (England). |
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2004 - 2009 |
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Interregnum. |
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2009 -
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Howard Goldberg (South
Africa). |
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