page_title: Boxing
section_title: Governing and sanctioning bodies
hierarchical_section_title: Boxing / Governing and sanctioning bodies
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional boxer and heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko in action, boxing against Hasim Rahman on December 13, 2008. I did this shot with enormous zoom, so the quality is as it is. But there are no free photos here of Klitschko in action, so I upload a fragment of this shot.
context_page_description: Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
  Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport and is a standard fixture in most international games—it also has its own World Championships. Boxing is overseen by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds.
  A winner can be resolved before the completion of the rounds when a referee deems an opponent incapable of continuing, disqualification of an opponent, or resignation of an opponent. When the fight reaches the end of its final round with both opponents still standing, the judges' scorecards determine the victor. In the event that both fighters gain equal scores from the judges, professional bouts are considered a draw. In Olympic boxing, because a winner must be declared, judges award the contest to one fighter on technical criteria.
  While humans have fought in hand-to-hand combat since the dawn of human history, the earliest evidence of fist-fighting sporting contests date back to the ancient Near East in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC.
context_section_description: Governing Bodies
  British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)
  European Boxing Union (EBU)
  Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC)
  Major Sanctioning Bodies
  World Boxing Association (WBA)
  World Boxing Council (WBC)
  International Boxing Federation (IBF)
  World Boxing Organization (WBO)
  Intermediate
  International Boxing Organization (IBO)
  Novice
  Intercontinental Boxing Federation (IBFed )
  Amateur
  International Boxing Association (AIBA; now also professional)
caption: Former WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko
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