This document discusses professional boxing leagues and organizations. It outlines the four major boxing bodies: World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, World Boxing Organization, and International Boxing Federation. Each organization has its own champions and sanctions boxing matches and events. The document also profiles Everlast, a major brand in the boxing equipment industry, and provides brief overviews of the four boxing organizations, including locations, leadership, and current champions.

1. Professional
Boxing
By Rob Southard

2. Leagues
• World Boxing Association
http://www.wbanews.com/
• World Boxing Council
http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/
• World Boxing Organization
http://www.wboboxing.com/
• International Boxing Federation
http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/

3. Article
• Landmark fights on decline because 4 major bodies
have own champs etc.
• Boxing popularity rarely changed over past decade and
37% of sports fans also are boxing fans
• ESPN2’s Friday Night Lights draw 400-600 thousand
viewers
• Floyd Mayweather signed deal with Showtime to air his
fights on PPV, six fights for roughly 300 million
• 2013 4 fights on PPV sold 3.98 million for 252.2 million
in revenue

4. Works Cited
• http://www.wbanews.com/
• http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/
• http://www.wboboxing.com/
• http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professio
nal_sports_leagues

5. Everlast
http://www.everlast.com/?loc=us
• American brand for design, manufacturing, licensing
and marketing of boxing, MMA, and other fitness
related material
• Began in 1910
• Headquarters: 1350 Broadway, Suite 2300
New York, New York
• Jobs range from sourcing, Media
public relations, designers, product
distribution, licensing
• No job opportunities at the moment
Company Page
(Can try to connect to those already working there and attempt to gain
a job/ interview that way)

6. Works Cited
• http://www.everlast.com/
• http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/
everlast-worldwide-inc-history/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/everlast-worldwide

7. World Boxing Association
http://www.wbanews.com/
• Headquarters: Marbella, Panama
• President: Gilberto Mendoza
• Events occur primarily in October and May
• Many classes therefore many participants and
champions
• Super Welterweight champ is
American Joshua Clottey, who resides
In the Bronx

8. World Boxing Council
http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/
• Headquarters: Cuzco #82, Mexico
• President: Mauricio Sulaiman
• Events occur many times as there are many
different federations of the league for each
continent, therefore there are also many boxers,
weight classes, and champions
• Welterweight World Champion
Is American Floyd “money” Mayweather
Chuck Williams,
Supervisor

9. World Boxing Organization
http://www.wboboxing.com/
• Headquarters: 1056 Muñoz Rivera Ave, San Juan,
P.R.
• President: Francisco Valcarcel
• Just like the others there are wide range of boxers,
champions and events
• JR Middle-weight champ is American
Demetrius Andrade who was born in
Providence, Rhode Island
John Duggan,
First VP

10. International Boxing Federation
http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/
• Headquarters: 899 Mountain Ave. Springfield, NJ
• President: Daryl J. Peoples
• Events occur a few times a month, USBA
encompasses American many American fighters
• Current Lt. Heavyweight Champ is
Bernard Hopkins from Philly