The Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) is a governing body that sanctions professional boxing bouts for territories within the Commonwealth, and is an affiliate of the WBC.
History The Commonwealth Boxing Council first started in 1954 as the Empire and Commonwealth Championships Committee, formed by the British Boxing Board of Control, to officially award a Commonwealth title. Before its formation, boxers from select territories within the British Empire fought for the 'Empire title', the first of such titles being awarded to British featherweight champion Jim Driscoll in 1908 after defeating Australian Charlie Griffin on points. In 1972, the Empire and Commonwealth Championships Committee was re-organised as the 'Commonwealth Championships Committee'. In 1997 the organisation was incorporated as a separate entity from the British Boxing Board of Control and renamed the Commonwealth Boxing Council.
In 2018, the first female version of the Commonwealth title was awarded to Anisha Basheel of Malawi on 15 June.
On 12 June 2023, a new championship, the Commonwealth “Silver” title, was created. This title works similarly to the British Boxing Board of Control English title, with the holders of both belts being subject to consideration of becoming mandatory challenger for the British and Commonwealth titles, as well as being fought for over 10 rounds. Mark Jeffers became the first fighter to win a Commonwealth Silver title when he defeated English super middleweight champion Zak Chelli in July 2023, while Jack Rafferty became the first fighter to have held both Commonwealth Silver and Commonwealth titles when he won the latter at super-lightweight in December 2023
Current champions Male Weight class:Champion:Reign began:HeavyweightMoses Itauma16 August 2025CruiserweightLight-heavyweightLewis Edmondson 19 October 2024Super-middleweightTroy Williamson20 December 2025MiddleweightGeorge Liddard17 October 2025Super-welterweightBilal Fawaz21 February 2026WelterweightConstantin Ursu30 March 2025Super-lightweightYaser Al-Ghena3 May 2026LightweightLouie O'Doherty16 May 2026Super-featherweightRoyston Barney-Smith17 April 2026FeatherweightColm Murphy31 March 2026Super-bantamweightTyrone Buttigieg28 March 2026BantamweightHarvey Smith22 November 2025Super-flyweightMatthew McHale20 June 2025FlyweightHamza Uddin3 October 2026Light-flyweightCraig Derbyshire8 December 2023
Female Weight class:Champion:Reign began:Super-welterweightWelterweightSuper-lightweightSarah Achieng16 December 2022LightweightSuper-featherweightJade Pearce20 June 2026FeatherweightSuper-bantamweightTysie Gallagher14 April 2023BantamweightMegan Redstall15 February 2026Super-flyweightShannon Ryan2 May 2026FlyweightLight-flyweight
Member organisations Ghana Boxing Authority Kenya Professional Boxing Professional Boxing Control Board (Namibia) Nigeria Boxing Board of Control Boxing South Africa Uganda Professional Boxing Commission Tanzania Professional Boxing Zambia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Control Board Indian Boxing Council Australian National Boxing Federation New Zealand Professional Boxing Association Bahamas Boxing Commission Professional Boxing Association (Barbados) Guyana Boxing Board of Control Jamaica Boxing Board of Control Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Board British Boxing Board of Control National Championships Committee (Canada)
See also
List of Commonwealth Boxing Council champions List of Commonwealth Boxing Council female champions List of boxing organisations
References