🏛️Official — WBA
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Recorded May 13, 2026
Foundational federation milestone — the World Boxing Association traces its rule-making lineage to the original National Boxing Association, organized in 1921 in the United States as the first major US national boxing sanctioning body. The NBA preceded its rival WBC by 42 years and its own internationalization rebrand by 41 years. Across more than a century of federation evolution — NBA (1921-1962) and WBA (1962→present) — the federation has remained a continuously-operating rule-making authority in international boxing, alongside (but independent from) the WBC, IBF, and WBO.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Federation-identity rebranding milestone. On 23 August 1962, the National Boxing Association officially became the World Boxing Association, formalizing the federation's transition from a US-domestic sanctioning body to an international sanctioning organization. The 1962 rename signalled WBA's intent to govern internationally, anticipating the 1963 founding of its rival WBC (Mexico City). Every modern WBA rule on championship sanctioning, weight class structure, ranking, and member-commission representation has descended under the WBA name from this 1962 rebrand.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Most consequential modern WBA sanctioning-structure addition. In 2000, the WBA created the Super Champion designation — a tier above the regular World Champion in WBA's title hierarchy — following a suggestion by Lennox Lewis after he was forced to relinquish his WBA heavyweight title prior to his defense against Michael Grant. The Super Champion tier was originally designed to recognize fighters who held WBA titles concurrent with titles from other major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, WBO), but has evolved into the dominant designation within the WBA's hierarchy. Every modern WBA ranking and title decision operates within the post-2000 Super Champion / Regular Champion / Interim structure, not the pre-2000 single-tier model.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Judging Criteria
May 23, 2026The Ring
May 23, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
May 23, 2026Ringside Medical Personnel
May 23, 2026Decision Types
May 23, 2026The Boxers
May 23, 2026Pre-Fight Medical Requirements
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
May 23, 2026Fouls
May 23, 2026Section 7: Violations/Penalties
May 23, 202610-Point Must System
May 23, 2026Section 6: Scoring
May 23, 2026The Referee
May 23, 2026Gloves
May 23, 2026Section 2: Equipment
May 23, 2026