The European Boxing Federation (EBF) is a
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
governing body and sanctioning organisation created in 2005. Although the organisation is called European it lists its title holders as world champions.
The organisation is based mainly in the
United Kingdom
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and is separate for the
British Boxing Board of Control
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom.
History
The British Boxing Board of Control was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardif ...
which governs and sanctions mainstream boxing in the UK. The EBF specialises in "white-collar" boxing, separate from mainstream boxing recorded on sites such as Boxrec. It has about 700 registered boxers.
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History
The maiden Heavyweight EBF title fight was made on 14 September 2008 along with Mark Potter's Title defence against
Eric "Butterbean" Esch
Eric Scott Esch (born August 3, 1966), better known by his nickname "Butterbean", is an American retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler who competed in the heavyweight division. He is also a televis ...
at the
Syndicate nightclub in
Blackpool
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, England. American former
world heavyweight champion,
Tim Witherspoon
Tim Witherspoon (born December 27, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2003. He was a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the WBC title in 1984, and the WBA title in 1986. Witherspoon also wor ...
made a guest appearance.
Gavin 'One Armed Bandit' Nicholls cruised through the rankings with two impressive performances on home turf in 2012. The rest of the middleweight division didn't want no aggro so he was crowned champion by Default.
Current EBF Champions
source -http://www.ebfboxing.org/rankings.php
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.ebfboxing.org
Professional boxing governing bodies
Sports governing bodies in Europe
Boxing in Europe