The Executive Board of World Boxing has endorsed seven new membership applications from the National Federations for boxing in Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Curaçao, Gabon, Grenada, South Africa and Vanuatu.
The endorsements mean that World Boxing now has 175 member National Federations made-up of 123 ‘Full Members’, one ‘Associate Member’ and 51 ‘Endorsed Members’.
The Executive Board’s decision to endorse the applications from Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Gabon, Grenada, South Africa and Vanuatu means that all six countries will be able to compete in the boxing competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games this summer, which will be held under World Boxing’s rules.
To secure the endorsement of the Executive Board, all seven National Federations have completed a rigorous application process and 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; showcase the existence and operation of WADA-recognsied anti-doping polices and processes; and provide evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals process that is either fully independent or subject to external input.
The seven new National Federation members are:
• Antigua and Barbuda Boxing Association
• Cameroon Boxing Federation
• Curaçao Boxing Association.
• La Fédération Gabonaise de Boxe
• Boxing Association of Grenada Inc
• South African National Boxing Organisation
• Vanuatu Boxing Federation
Under World Boxing Statutes HERE the seven 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 the next World Boxing Congress in Panama on 20 November 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.
Lists of the 124 National Federations that have ‘Full Member’ or ‘Associate Member’ status and the 51 National Federations that are ‘Endorsed Member’ can viewed be in the membership section of the World Boxing website HERE.
World Boxing was launched in April 2023. 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.