Boxing in Australia

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Boxing in Australia refers to the sport of boxing held in Australia.

History

The influential traditional martial arts, olympic wrestling and brazilian jiu-jitsu have shaped MMA in Australia, along with the combat sports of boxing and kickboxing/muay thai.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

=Sanctioning=

The states and territories of Australia have different sanctioning bodies and rules. Sanctioning bodies include: [http://www.combatsports.nsw.gov.au/ Combat Sports Authority] (NSW) and the [http://sport.vic.gov.au/boxing-and-combat-sports Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224054554/http://sport.vic.gov.au/boxing-and-combat-sports |date=2017-02-24 }} (Victoria).

Governing Body

Boxing Australia is the national sporting body that runs amateur boxing in Australia and Australian National Boxing Federation which governs Professional boxing in Australia.

Tournaments

Current Champions

=Male Champions=

This table showing the male boxers who have won the Australian professional championship.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/en/titles/results?t%5Bbout_title%5D=AU&t%5Bdivision%5D=&t%5Bsex%5D=&t_go=|title=BoxRec|website=boxrec.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}}https://www.australianboxingcentral.com/ratings.html{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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!Weight class:

!Champion:

!Reign began:

Light Flyweight

|Josh Humberdross

|1 January 2021

Flyweight

|Title Vacant

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Super Flyweight

|Title Vacant

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Bantamweight

|Mark Schleibs

|1 January 2021

Super Bantamweight

|Title Vacant

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Featherweight

|Title Vacant

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Super Featherweight

|Dana Coolwell

|4 December 2021

Lightweight

|Harry Garside

|6 April 2022

Super Lightweight

|Youssef Dib

|9 April 2021

Welterweight

|Title Vacant

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Light Middleweight

|Luke Woods

|4 December 2021

Middleweight

|Isaac Hardman

|1 December 2021

Super Middleweight

|Mason Smith

|9 December 2022

Light Heavyweight

|Leti Leti

|10 April 2021

Cruiserweight

|Floyd Mason

|4 December 2021

Heavyweight

|Justis Huni

|22 October 2020

=Female Champions=

{{Main|List of Australian female boxing champions}}

This table showing the female boxers who have won the Australian professional championship.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/en/titles/results?t%5Bbout_title%5D=AUFEM&t%5Bdivision%5D=&t%5Bsex%5D=f&t_go=|title=BoxRec|website=boxrec.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}}https://www.australianboxingcentral.com/ratings.html{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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!Weight class:

!Champion:

!Reign began:

Super Flyweight

|Serena Kingdon

|9 November 2012

Bantamweight

|Sylvia Scharper

|3 September 2011

Super Bantamweight

|April Adams

|22 October 2011

Featherweight

|Kori Farr

|17 September 2011

Super Featherweight

|Lauryn Eagle

|17 August 2013

Lightweight

|Sabrina Ostowari

|10 May 2014

Super Lightweight

|Deanha Hobbs

|17 August 2013

See also

References

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