The Executive Board of World Boxing has endorsed three new membership applications from the National Federations for boxing in Armenia, Equatorial Guinea and Portugal.
The endorsement of three new applications means World Boxing now has 155 National Federations as members, made-up of 123 ‘Full Members’, one ‘Associate Member’ and 31 ‘Endorsed Members’.
Under World Boxing Statutes HERE the National Federations for boxing in Armenia, Equatorial Guinea and Portugal 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 three new National Federation members are:
- Boxing Federation of Armenia
- Portuguese Boxing Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Boxe)
- Boxing Federation of Equatorial Guinea (FEGUIBOX)
To secure the endorsement of the Executive Board, all three 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
- 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
Lists of the 124 National Federations that have ‘Full Member’ or ‘Associate Member’ status and the 31 National Federations that have ‘Endorsed Member’ status can viewed be in the membership section of the World Boxing website 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.