What is IBA Pro?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Flavius, Oct 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM.


  1. Flavius

    Flavius New Member Full Member

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    I saw that Bakhodir Jalolov's last fight was organized by IBA Pro. I don't know much about this organization and wonder if it is organizing truly professional boxing matches? What is the value of the IBA Pro belt compared to the other well-known organizations?
     
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  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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  3. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's the big Russian-run amateur league putting on their own five round pro fights. They are usually not recognized by the big four, but sometimes are, and they seem to have some sort of unholy alliance with the WBA.

    Suslenkov beat hunter in an IBA pro fight, for example, and it is not recognized by the pros. It was actually recognized for awhile on the WBA website, but they took it down.

    Boxrec has their own IBA pro tab.
     
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  4. Kiwi Fish

    Kiwi Fish Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah I saw that on the Kuzmin card the other night. I'm pretty sure they said this fight wouldn't count on Kuzmin's or Khalidov's records because its not a pro fight, but it looked a lot like a pro fight to me.
     
  5. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Active Member Full Member

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    They are pro fights.

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    That's a professional boxing match between two known professionals.
    It's not an exhibition. It's not an amateur fight.
    It's a professional boxing match.
     
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