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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION

World Boxing Association  [wɜːld ˈbɒksɪŋ əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən] play
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WHAT DOES WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is an international boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by thirteen state representatives as the National Boxing Association, in 1962 it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity worldwide, and began to gain other nations as members. By 1975 a majority of votes were held by Latin American nations, and the organization headquarters were moved to Panama. After being located during the 1990s and early 2000s in Venezuela, in 2007 the organization offices returned to Panama. It is the oldest of the four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Organization.

Definition of World Boxing Association in the English dictionary

The definition of World Boxing Association in the dictionary is the international organization which regulates the sport of boxing.

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abbreviation
əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən
affiliation
əˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən
appreciation
əˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
association
əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən
aviation
ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən
depreciation
dɪˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
deviation
ˌdiːvɪˈeɪʃən
differentiation
ˌdɪfəˌrɛnʃɪˈeɪʃən
humiliation
hjuːˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃən
initiation
ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃən
irradiation
ɪˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
mediation
ˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
negotiation
nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən
pronunciation
prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən
radiation
ˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
Reconciliation
ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
remediation
rɪˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
retaliation
rɪˌtælɪˈeɪʃən
variation
ˌvɛərɪˈeɪʃən

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Translator English - Chinese

世界拳击协会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Asociación Mundial de Boxeo
570 millions of speakers

English

World Boxing Association
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विश्व मुक्केबाजी संघ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرابطة العالمية للملاكمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Всемирная боксерская ассоциация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Associação Mundial de Boxe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়ার্ল্ড বক্সিং এসোসিয়েশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

World Boxing Association
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Persatuan Tinju Dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

World Boxing Association
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世界ボクシング協会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세계 복싱 협회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asosiasi Tinju Dunia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hiệp hội Quyền anh thế giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலக குத்துச்சண்டை சங்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्ल्ड बॉक्सिंग असोसिएशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünya Boks Birliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

World Boxing Association
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Światowe Stowarzyszenie Boks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Всесвітня боксерська асоціація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Asociația Mondială de box
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

World Boxing Association
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

World Boxing Association
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

World Boxing Association
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

World Boxing Association
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION»

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The Regulation of Boxing: A History and Comparative Analysis ...
... drugs and do so on an infrequent basis. The rules of the organizations that oversee boxing at the global level forbid drug use in championship bouts. For example, the rules of the World Boxing Association state, “The administration or use of ...
Robert G. Rodriguez, 2009
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World of sports indoor
ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WB A) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously ...
Anil Taneja, 2009
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Plunkett's Sports Industry Almanac 2008: Sports Industry ...
WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION Industry Group Code: 813990 Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: Profits: WORLD BOXING COUNCIL Industry Group Code: 813990 Ranks within this. www.wbaonline.com Sports: ...
Jack W. Plunkett, 2007
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Manny Pacquiao: The Greatest Boxer of All Time
World Boxing Association Half-way through the 20th century, with two devastating World Wars and a global economic recession still fresh in the peoples' minds, the world needed a break. Reconstruction and economic recovery was high in the ...
Ingming Duque Aberia, 2009
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The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?
... Club New York State Athletic Commission Professional Boxing Amendments Act technical knockout United States Boxing Administration World Boxing Association World Boxing Council World Boxing Organisation World Medical Association ...
Jack Anderson, 2007
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Story Bigger Than Boxing
By 1962, the NBA had metamorphosed to become the present-day World Boxing Association. A year later, in 1963, the NYSAC helped deliver the birth of the World Boxing Council. And so the rivalry between the NYSAC and the NBA ...
Ingming Duque Aberia
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The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports
In the World Boxing Association (WBA), for example, the weight classes range from the lowest class (paperweight), which has a maximum weigh-in of 80 pounds, to the top class (heavyweight), which has no weight limit. Between these classes ...
Glenn M. Wong, 2012
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A Gambling Guide:
The N.B.A. was renamed in 1962 and became the World Boxing Association ( W.B.A.). The following year, a rival body, the World Boxing Council (W.B.C.), was formed. In 1983, another world body, the International Boxing Federation (I.B.F.) ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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Sports Betting:
The N.B.A. was renamed in 1962 and became the World Boxing Association ( W.B.A.). The following year, a rival body, the World Boxing Council (W.B.C.), was formed. In 1983, another world body, the International Boxing Federation (I.B.F.) ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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Endless Punchers: Body, Narrative, and Performance in the ...
Though the New York State Commission eventually became the WBA (World Boxing Association), and governing bodies proliferated over the years (there are four major and numerous minor ones13), , the Japanese Boxing Commission has  ...
Loren Seth Goodman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION»

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Rigondeaux Wants 124, Rehydration Stip For Lomachenko
world champion Guillermo "The Jackal" Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs), has ... Rigondeaux is the reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) Super, WBO and The ... «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»
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Floyd 'Money' Mayweather stripped of WBO welterweight title
The 38-year old American also failed to vacate his World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) titles at junior middleweight -- an issue as ... «CNN International, Jul 15»
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'Desert Storm' Bradly wins welterweight boxing title at StubHub
Vargas, a 26-year-old who was born in Los Angeles and lives in Las Vegas, has held the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Organization light ... «MyNewsLA.com, Jun 15»
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For the Mayweather-Pacquiao Winner, a Bevy of Belts
“What you have here is that currently Floyd Mayweather is the World Boxing Council champion, and he is also the World Boxing Association champion,” Bennett ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Middleweight Champion to Fight
Gennady Golovkin, the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Organization middleweight champion, will fight Willie Monroe Jr. on May 16 at the ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Guerrero relishes opportunity to fight for welterweight title on NBC
Guerrero, 32-2-1 with 18 knockouts, a former four time world champion, ... for the World Boxing Association Welterweight Championship on Saturday night at the ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mar 15»
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Boxing News: Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev in Saturday …
... his International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Association (IBA) light heavyweight championship against ... «Latin Post, Nov 14»
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Floyd Mayweather Beats Marcos Maidana to Unify Welterweight Belts
American Floyd Mayweather retained his World Boxing Council world title and took Marcos Maidana's World Boxing Association belt, winning the fight on two of ... «NDTV, May 14»
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Australian boxer Anthony Mundine wins World Boxing Association
Australian boxer Anthony Mundine scored a sixth-round technical knockout win over American superstar Shane Mosley in Wednesday's World Boxing ... «Daily News & Analysis, Nov 13»
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Richard Schaefer 'always believed' Floyd Mayweather-Saul 'Canelo …
Twenty-five days later, possibly the richest potential fight in boxing was ... The fight will unify Mayweather's World Boxing Association and Alvarez's World Boxing ... «MLive.com, May 13»

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