The Executive Board of World Boxing has endorsed new membership applications from 15 boxing National Federations.
Under World Boxing Statutes HERE the 15 new National Federations have “Endorsed Member’ status which means they are able to compete in World Boxing competitions but cannot vote at Congress 2026 as they do not have ‘Full Member’ status.
‘Full Member’ status can only be conferred by Congress, which is the ultimate authority of World Boxing, and will be voted on at Congress 2026. ‘Endorsed Members’ that are successful in having their membership applications ratified at this Congress and become ‘Full Members’ will be able to vote at the following year’s Congress in 2027 and all those thereafter.
The 15 new National Federations are:
| COUNTRY | NATIONAL FEDERATION |
| Bahrain | Bahrain Boxing Federation |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Boxing Federation |
| Eswatini | Eswatini Boxing Federation |
| Faroe Islands | Boxing Association of the Faroe Islands |
| Guyana | Guyana Boxing Association |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Boxing Association |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Boxing Federation |
| Malta | Malta Boxing Federation |
| Morocco | Royal Moroccan Boxing Federation |
| Niger | Nigerian Boxing Federation (FENIBOXE) |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican Boxing Federation |
| Serbia | Serbia Boxing Federation |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Boxing Federation |
| Togo | Togo Boxing Federation |
| Tunisia | Tunisia Boxing Federation |
The new additions mean that World Boxing now has 152 National Federations as members, made-up of 123 ‘Full Members’; one ‘Associate Member’ and 28 ‘Endorsed Members’.
The 15 National Federations that have been most recently endorsed by the Executive Board, have completed a rigorous application process to join World Boxing. They are deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and operating processes, able to demonstrate
- A transparent and open election process for the appointment of office bearing roles
- The existence and operation of WADA-recognsied anti-doping polices and processes
- Evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals process that is either fully independent or subject to external input
A list of the 124 National Federations that have ‘Full Member’ or ‘Associate Member’ status can be viewed HERE.
A list of the 28 National Federations that have ‘Endorsed Member’ status can be viewed HERE.
World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. It held its first formal meeting with the IOC in May 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level.