Since 1954, the Commonwealth Boxing Council has been responsible for the regulation and sanction of Commonwealth Championships in professional boxing.
Since 1954, the Commonwealth Boxing Council has been responsible for the regulation and sanction of Commonwealth Championships in professional boxing. Membership is made up of the various regulatory and/or national Championship sanctioning organizations for professional boxing in those Commonwealth countries where professional boxing takes place to any substantial degree, each of whom appoints a Director to sit on the CBC Board. Many, if not most of our Champions go on to challenge for World Titles and throughout our history some of the greatest World Champions of the sport have firstly been Commonwealth (previous to 1972, 'Empire') Champions. '