USA Boxing, formerly known as the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, has governed amateur and Olympic boxing in the United States since 1978. USA Boxing officially recognized
women's boxing in 1993, becoming the first organization to do so in the world with a fight between Dallas Malloy & Heather Poyner in Lynwood, Washington. The national boxing championships are sponsored by USA Boxing and titled the
United States Championships, formerly the AAU (
Amateur Athletic Union) Boxing Championships. The Championships would crown a
United States Amateur Champion in each of the sanctioned weight classes. USA Boxing previously organized the USA Knockouts team in the
World Series of Boxing. In February 2023, USA Boxing announced its decision to boycott the 2023 World Championships (organized by the
International Boxing Association) where Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete with no restrictions, also accusing the IBA of attempting to sabotage
IOC-approved qualification pathway for the
2024 Summer Olympics. Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Czechia, Sweden and Canada later joined the U.S. USA Boxing co-founded
World Boxing as a direct rival to the IBA, and it was launched in April 2023. ==Weight classes==