Vale Jack Rennie OAM by the ANBF President John McDougall OAM On Thursday morning last an icon of Australian Boxing, Jack Rennie passed away in a Melbourne nursing home. Jack I believe was 82 being a year or near enough older than myself. Jack was known throughout the boxing world as a ...Read More

The NSW Veteran Boxer's hold their Annual Luncheon on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup each year. This is a handy date to select and each year thereis NO excuse for not knowing when it is on. In recent times the Club selected is the Ashfield Club which is adjacent to ...Read More

The ANBF Annual General Meeting was held in Brisbane on Saturday 3 November. Attendees included representatives from all the State branches and two promoters. Many issues were discussed including the processes and rules for the sanctioning of Australian title contests. A report of the outcomes of the AGM is attached for downloading. ...Read More

For those many Fans who are interestedin the history of our great sport, could I recommend a visit to a museum exhibition in Sydney. The Museum is called the Museum ofSydney and is located on the corner of Hunter and Bridge Streets Sydney. This is a short walk toward the City from ...Read More

The attachment is an invitation to the 2012 Australian Boxing FederationProfessional Boxing Awards. They will be held at Bar Central, 160 Lygon Street Carlton, at 12 noon on 25 November 2012. The awards have been judged by a committee consisting of people from the ABF Victorian Branch and the Professional Boxing and Combat ...Read More

The ABF seminar on safety and performance in boxing on April 29th 2012 had a number of excellent presenters talk on a variety of related topics. The seminar concluded with a panel of three world champion boxers who shared their thoughts and experiences on safety and training issues. The attendees thanked Matt ...Read More

The ANBF Website has been up and running since September 2011 and as many of you might have observed the site has been fairly static in terms of content since late last year. Activity on the website has been mainly confined to the updating of ratings on the monthly basis. This ...Read More

I was privileged to act as the boxing commissioner , on behalf of the Australian National Boxing Federation, for a historic night of boxing in the Armenian Capital of Yerevan, at the recent IBO Bantamweight Championship defence by Vic Darchinyan against Evans Mbamba of South Africa. Mbamba had an impressive record ...Read More

In April 2010 the ANBF President, John McDougall (shown opposite) wrote an open letter to the boxing industry and followers on the history and virtues of the Australian Title. The new ANBF website will be used to publish articles and letters of this type, which would otherwise not receive the level of ...Read More

The Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF) was formed in 1965, firstly as the Australian Boxing Federation (ABF) but years later adding National to it’s title. The architect of the formation was leading trainer Jack Rennie. Jack, along with other prominent boxing people of the day felt the need for a governing body ...Read More