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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

On December 8, 2018 International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus won a unanimous decision over challenger Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in the main event of HBO’s last televised fight card at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California.  Read More

Junior Middleweight Jarret Hurd made the third successful defense of the International Boxing Federation title with a definitive knockout over Jason Welborn on December 1, 2018. Read More

Daniel Jacobs is the new International Boxing Federation welterweight champion following his dominant twelve round win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko on October 26, 2018 in front of a home-state win at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Read More

Rising prospect Devin Haney won the vacant North American IBF lightweight title with a dominant 10 round win over veteran Juan Carlos Burgos in Temecula, California on September 28, 2018 in the main event of a Showtime televised fight card. Read More

The International Boxing Federation has a new lightweight world champion as Mikey Garcia dethroned reigning champion Robert Easter Jr. on July 28, 2018 with a dominant unanimous decision victory at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Read More

By Raymundo Dioses Robert Easter Jr. is set to defend his International Boxing Federation lightweight title against Mikey Garcia on July 28, 2018 in downtown Los Angeles. Easter Jr., (21-0, 14KO) won the IBF title on September 9, 2016 with a decision win over Richard Commey and has since made three successful defenses with wins... Read More

By Raymundo Dioses Tevin Farmer and Kenichi Ogawa will face off on December 9, 2017 for the vacant junior lightweight IBF title at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The agreement avoided a purse bid as promoters for both fighters made a deal for the fight for the International Boxing Federation title... Read More

Members and Friends Once again the IBF is collecting toys and donations for our annual Holiday Toy Drive.  This year we will be working with University Hospital in Newark, NJ.  The Family Development Center which we have worked with for several years is in the process of relocating and their new facility is not open... Read More

By Raymundo Dioses Artur Beterbiev used a workman like effort to defeat Enrico Kolling for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title in Fresno, California. In front of more than 13,000 fans, Beterbiev (12-0, 12KO) had to outshoot a busy Koelling in the outset, yet as Koelling slowed Beterbiev kept up the pressure. Ultimately, Beterbiev’s constant... Read More

By Raymundo Dioses In a thrilling encounter, Gennady Golovkin retained the International Boxing Federation middleweight title over 12 compelling championship rounds against Saul Alvarez on September 16, 2017. Golovkin (37-0-1, 33KO), who was making the fourth defense of the IBF 160 pound title, faced his toughest competition to date in Alvarez. The pair traded early... Read More

By Raymundo Dioses Terence Crawford is the new IBF junior-welterweight champion. The Omaha, Nebraska native started early and scored a dominant knockout win via body-shot against Joseph Indongo in their unification bout that took place at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska in front of a crowd of 12,121.  Crawford, (32-0, 23KO) knocked down... Read More