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The International Boxing Federation has a new female welterweight champion, as Jessica McCaskill dethroned longtime IBF champion Cecilia Braekhus on August 15, 2020.  McCaskill, (9-2, 3KO) was the underdog coming into the DAZN televised bout.  The Chicago native out-threw Braekhus in punches, landing 84-499 to Braekhus’s 85-269 in what was scored a majority decision at... Read More

Sadly, we share the news that Eddie Cotton, IBF Board Member and former professional boxing referee, passed away this morning April 17, 2020. According to his wife Ruby, Eddie was hospitalized 2 weeks ago with pneumonia. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the hospital. Eddie’s career as a professional boxing referee started in Atlantic City,... Read More

In an effort to help our neighbors in need during these unprecedented times, the IBF has chosen to raise awareness and funds for The Community Food Bank of New Jersey. The Food Bank is a primary disaster relief responder in the State of New Jersey, and they are in the midst of a major relief... Read More

As we navigate through these challenging times brought on by the novel coronavirus globally, be assured that the health and well-being of all the members of the boxing community are our priorities. We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19. At this time, we have decided to reschedule our 37th Annual Convention to May... Read More

Two International Boxing Federation titles changed hands on January 30, 2020 when Murodjon Akhmadaliev bested super bantamweight champion Daniel Roman and Joseph Diaz dethroned lightweight title holder Tevin Farmer in Miami, Florida on Super Bowl LIV weekend. Read More

Naoya Inoue’s third fight in the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament wasn’t nearly as easy as his first two quick knockouts in it. Powerful veteran Nonito Donaire rocked Inoue with a right hand in the ninth round, bloodied the unbeaten Japanese star and made him work harder to win Thursday night than he had done... Read More

Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor couldn’t stop jawing at each other during the build up of their unification bout as to who the best boxer was in the super lightweight division. On Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, Taylor (16-0, 12 KOs) showed his bite was bigger than his bark when he beat Prograis... Read More

In what was her most impressive fight to date, Claressa Shields dominated Christina Hammer in defending the International Boxing Federation middleweight title via unanimous decision at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 13, 2019.  Read More

International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs is set to defend his title against Canelo Alvarez on May 4 after wrapping up a three-stop, international press tour that began in Jacob’s home state of New York, traveled to Alvarez’s home country of Mexico, and ended at the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California this... Read More

International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Errol Spence dominated challenger Mikey Garcia in a successful defense of the IBF title in front of 47, 525 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on March 16, 2019.  Read More

Caleb Plant became the International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Jose Uzcategui on January 13, 2019 in an event televised live on Fox Sports 1 from the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California. Read More

Featherweight Josh Warrington made his first successful defense of the International Boxing Federation title with a unanimous decision win over Carl Frampton at the Manchester Arena in England on December 22, 2018.  Read More