World Boxing to form Pan Am Confederation

The new confederation will hold its inaugural congress on 15 March 2025 in Panama, and the organisation will be made up of 17 national federations that are currently members of World Boxing. The event will see the election of the Chief Executive and the positions on the Board of Directors.

The new confederation will meet in Panama City, where members will approve the confederation's statutes and establish operational guidelines. The Congress will also include the election of the Confederation's Executive Committees, which will consist of seven positions on the Board of Directors and four committee chair positions (Medical & Anti-Doping, Judicial, Audit & Finance, and Sport & Competition).

In the run-up to the election of new leaders and the establishment of the new structure of the Federation, the Interim Board will work with an independent provider to vet all applications for leadership roles.

The following countries will have voting rights at the inaugural Congress: Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, USA, Suriname and the Virgin Islands.

With this move, World Boxing is laying the groundwork for the second continental confederation, following the announcement in November of the creation of the Asian Boxing, which was launched on 16th December in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On that day, World Boxing coincided with the Asian Elite Men's and Women's Boxing Championships, organised by the ASBC, to hold the first meeting of the new body. 

Pichai Chunhavajira, who is also President of the Thai Boxing Federation and Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, took over as President after stepping down as President of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC). He resigned in November after the ASBC Congress decided to remain affiliated to the International Boxing Association (IBA) rather than join World Boxing.

World Boxing continues its desire to grow and affiliate as many National Federations as possible to increase its representation. It currently has 68 National Federations after accepting membership applications from France, Croatia, Poland, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Turkmenistan and Samoa, represented by Independent Boxing Samoa, just last week.

With this move, World Boxing is laying the groundwork for the second continental confederation, following the announcement in November of the creation of the Asian Boxing, which was launched on 16th December in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On that day, World Boxing coincided with the Asian Elite Men's and Women's Boxing Championships, organised by the ASBC, to hold the first meeting of the new body. 

Pichai Chunhavajira, who is also President of the Thai Boxing Federation and Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, took over as President after stepping down as President of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC). He resigned in November after the ASBC Congress decided to remain affiliated to the International Boxing Association (IBA) rather than join World Boxing.

World Boxing continues its desire to grow and affiliate as many National Federations as possible to increase its representation. It currently has 68 National Federations after accepting membership applications from France, Croatia, Poland, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Turkmenistan and Samoa, represented by Independent Boxing Samoa, just last week.

"Our goal in creating the Pan American Boxing Confederation is to provide exceptional competition for each of our national federations and their many boxers. Olympic-style boxing is a sport built on hard work and dedication, and we hope to embody that philosophy with the Pan American Boxing Confederation," the statement continued.

In turn, one of the voting countries, Brazil, through the President of the Brazilian Boxing Federation (CCBoxe), Marcos Brito, added their intention to work with World Boxing to contribute to Olympic style boxing: "The Pan American Boxing Confederation is dedicated to organising high level competitions and is committed to the development of boxing through mutual cooperation, empowering athletes, coaches, referees and judges. Through World Boxing, we seek to contribute to the growth of Olympic-style boxing around the world," he said.