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International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
matches and awards world and subordinate championships.

IBO was founded in 1988 and incorporated in Illinois in 1992 by John Daddono. The organization was later moved to Florida in 1996 and incorporated in Florida at that time. Ed Levine, who continues to serve as the organization's President became a partner and President of the IBO in 1998.

ough the organization received some acclaim by implementing a computerized system in the late 1990s that removed subjective elements from the ratings in an effort to bring more credibility to the sport, .

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The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing

Boxing

Origins

The IBO was founded in 1988 and incorporated in Illinois in 1992 by John Daddono. The organization was later moved to Florida in 1996 and incorporated in Florida at that time. Ed Levine, who continues to serve as the organization's President became a partner and President of the IBO in 1998.

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Although the organization received some acclaim by implementing a computerized system in the late 1990s that removed subjective elements from the ratings in an effort to bring more credibility to the sport, . . The IBO has increased its visibility by awarding its championships to champions of more established organizations.

Past and Current IBO Champions

Past or current IBO champions include:

Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis, Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire is a retired boxing who won gold for Canada at the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics as an amateur boxing....
, former Heavyweight champion
Brian Nielsen, former Heavyweight champion
James Toney
James Toney

James "Lights Out" Toney is a professional boxing from Ann Arbor, Michigan....
, former IBO Cruiserweight champion
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Vladimirovich Klitschko is a Ukraine heavyweight Boxing. Klitschko currently holds the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles and is ranked number one by the International_Boxing_Organization in the top 100 computerized rankings....
, current IBF
IBF

IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations*International Banking Facility is a legal entity of a US bank...
, WBO and IBO Heavyweight titleholder
Roy Jones, Jr., former Light-Heavyweight champion
Jeff Lacy
Jeff Lacy

Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an United States boxing. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.Amateur career...
, former IBO Super Middleweight champion
Floyd Mayweather, former Welterweight champion
Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton Order of the British Empire, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a United Kingdom professional boxing is a two-time International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organisation light welterweight champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and bea...
, current IBO Light Welterweight champion
Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional Boxing from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion....
, former 3-time IBO Light-Heavyweight champion
Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins

Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins is an United States Boxing. He is best known for his ten year reign as Middleweight World Champion in which he defended his title a record 20 times....
, former IBO Light Heavyweight champion

Current IBO world title holders

Weight class:	Champion:	Date won:
Strawweight Minimumweight Minimumweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds . This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990....		2006-11-04
Light flyweight Light flyweight Light Flyweight, also known as Junior Flyweight, is a boxing weight class....		2002-04-17
Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb ....	Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. , nicknamed The Filipino Flash because of his speed and reflexes , is a Philippines boxing and the current International Boxing Federation and IBO world champion in the flyweight category....	2007-07-07
Super flyweight Super Flyweight Super Flyweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as Junior Bantamweight. The maximum weight for this division is 115 lbs ....		2008-05-31
Bantamweight Bantamweight The term bantamweight usually refers to a boxing weight classes in boxing or boxers who human weight between 112 and 118 pound . Wrestling also has similar wrestling weight classes including bantamweight....	Silence Mabuza Silence Mabuza Silence Mabuza is a professional boxing in the bantamweight division, and as of Jan. 6, 2008, is the current holder of the International Boxing Organization's world bantamweight title....	2007-05-12
Super bantamweight Super Bantamweight Super Bantamweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as Junior Featherweight. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds....	Mike Oliver Mike Oliver Mike Oliver is a field hockey player from Canada.Oliver was selected for the first time in the Canada national field hockey team in 2001 for the World Cup Qualifier in Scotland....	2007-11-08
Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling ....		2008-08-22
Super featherweight Super Featherweight Super Featherweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 lbs.The super featherweight division was created by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first established by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1930....	Billy Dib Billy Dib Sorry, no overview for this topic	2008-07-30
Lightweight Lightweight The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor....	Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel M?rquez M?ndez is a Mexico professional Boxing and the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Organization lightweight world champion as well as the current The Ring lightweight champion....	2009-02-28
Light welterweight Light welterweight Professional boxingThe light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1926, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the Boxing Blade magazine....	Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton Order of the British Empire, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a United Kingdom professional boxing is a two-time International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organisation light welterweight champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and bea...	2007-01-20
Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....		2007-05-12
Light middleweight Light middleweight Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, between 148-154 pounds .This division was established in 1962, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship....	Attila Kovács Attila Kovacs Attila Kovacs is a former Hungary sprinter. He is 11 times the Hungarian 100 metre Champion, and 4 times the 200 metre champion.He also won the 60 metre Indoor title 3 times....	2006-06-03
Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....	Daniel Geale Daniel Geale Daniel Geale is a middleweight Boxing from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom, and is the current IBO Middleweight champion....	2007-12-14
Super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight is a boxing Boxing weight classes that has a weight limit of 168 pounds. There was interest in a division between middleweight and light heavyweight in the 1970s, and a few states briefly recognized a "Junior Light Heavyweight" division at 167 pounds....	Sakio Bika Sakio Bika Sakio "The Scorpion" Bika , is a professional boxing in the super middleweight division. He is the current IBO super middleweight world champion....	2008-11-13
Light heavyweight Light heavyweight In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the boxing weight classes between cruiserweight and super middleweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Muhammad Ali , Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr....	Chad Dawson Chad Dawson Chad Dawson is an American boxer and the current IBO and IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson was born to Wanda and Rick Dawson, a former boxer who compiled a record....	2008-10-11
Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Cruiserweight is a Boxing weight classes in boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in Great Britain....	Tomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek is a professional boxing in the cruiserweight division and is the reigning IBF Champion. His record is 37-1 . He is the former World Boxing Council world light heavyweight champion and the current IBF and IBO cruiserweight champion....	2009-02-27
Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....	Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Vladimirovich Klitschko is a Ukraine heavyweight Boxing. Klitschko currently holds the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles and is ranked number one by the International_Boxing_Organization in the top 100 computerized rankings....	2006-04-22

International Boxing Organization

Origins

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Past and Current IBO Champions

Current IBO world title holders

See also

Other world organizations

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