World Boxing Association

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boxing sanctioning body non-profit organization sports organization

The World Boxing Association is one of the major international sanctioning bodies that organizes and regulates professional boxing world championship bouts across multiple weight divisions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
World Boxing Association canonical	23
WBA	13
National Boxing Association	2
WBA men's professional boxing	1
WBA rankings	1
World Boxing Association Championships Committee	1
World Boxing Association champions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1370332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Boxing Association
Context triple: [World Featherweight Title, governingBodiesInclude, World Boxing Association]

A. WBA
WBA is a professional English football club based in West Bromwich that competes in the English football league system and is traditionally known as West Bromwich Albion.
B. International Boxing Hall of Fame
The International Boxing Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame in Canastota, New York, dedicated to honoring the greatest boxers, trainers, and contributors in the sport’s history.
C. Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
D. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
E. Everlast
Everlast is an American musician and rapper best known as the frontman of House of Pain and for his solo hit "What It's Like."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Boxing Association
Target entity description: The World Boxing Association is one of the major international sanctioning bodies that organizes and regulates professional boxing world championship bouts across multiple weight divisions.

A. WBA
WBA is a professional English football club based in West Bromwich that competes in the English football league system and is traditionally known as West Bromwich Albion.
B. International Boxing Hall of Fame
The International Boxing Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame in Canastota, New York, dedicated to honoring the greatest boxers, trainers, and contributors in the sport’s history.
C. Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
D. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
E. Everlast
Everlast is an American musician and rapper best known as the frontman of House of Pain and for his solo hit "What It's Like."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boxing sanctioning body ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation	WBA ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Association
alsoKnownAs	WBA ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Association
continent	North America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
founded	1921 ⓘ
foundedAs	National Boxing Association ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Association
foundedBy	Gilberto Mendoza ⓘ
governs	world championship boxing titles ⓘ
hasDivision	bantamweight ⓘ cruiserweight ⓘ featherweight ⓘ flyweight ⓘ heavyweight ⓘ light flyweight ⓘ light heavyweight ⓘ lightweight ⓘ middleweight ⓘ minimumweight ⓘ super bantamweight ⓘ super featherweight ⓘ super flyweight ⓘ super lightweight ⓘ super middleweight ⓘ super welterweight ⓘ welterweight ⓘ
hasRankingSystem	yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Panama City, Panama ⓘ linked to: Panama City
industry	professional boxing ⓘ
isOneOf	four major boxing sanctioning bodies ⓘ
issuesTitle	WBA regular champion ⓘ WBA super champion ⓘ WBA world champion ⓘ
leaderName	Gilberto Mendoza Jr. ⓘ linked to: Gilberto Mendoza
leaderTitle	President ⓘ
movedHeadquartersTo	Panama City, Panama ⓘ linked to: Panama City
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
originalHeadquartersLocation	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
parentOrganization	none ⓘ
peerOrganization	International Boxing Federation ⓘ World Boxing Council ⓘ World Boxing Organization ⓘ
predecessor	National Boxing Association ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Association
purpose	regulation of professional boxing titles ⓘ sanctioning world championship boxing bouts ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
renamed	World Boxing Association ⓘ
renamedIn	1962 ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	international sanctioning body ⓘ
website	https://www.wbaboxing.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Featherweight Title → governingBodiesInclude → World Boxing Association ⓘ

International Boxing Hall of Fame → recognizedBy → World Boxing Association ⓘ

World Lightweight Title → associatedWith → World Boxing Association ⓘ

World Welterweight Title → governingBodies → World Boxing Association ⓘ

Thrilla in Manila → sanctioningBody → WBA ⓘ