The World Boxing Association (WBA) informed all promoters today that all matters related to the North America Boxing Association (NABA) will be managed by Gary Shaw starting next month. Former NABA chair George Martinez resigned his position last October and was recently appointed as the new IBF Rankings Committee Chairman.
North America is a very active and important area for the WBA throughout history, for that reason the WBA is working to re-establish relations and make effective communication channels available to promoters through the WBA’s chief of staff Gary Shaw. The WBA informed promoters, boxers and managers in North America that the upcoming rankings, championships, and everything related to the regional body will be uploaded and published on the WBA website on October 1.
Gary Shaw is still around, huh. Hadn’t heard that name in a while. Wth is NABA? Another sanctioning body with sanctioning fees?
Last time I saw Gary Shaw he had lost a bunch of weight. Good for him.
I believe the NABA is the North American subcategory within the WBA universe. Perhaps like a State HS sport will have regions and then within that conferences. So they will have their own acronym for N. America, then one for Asia, S. America, etc that sounds a little different than whatever the IBF, WBC has named.
The NABA is a WBA regional title equivalent to the NABF (WBC), USBA (IBF) and NABO (WBO).
Gary Shaw did one of the worst jobs promoting Timothy Bradley after Bradley beat Pacquiao. Bradley was on the sidelines for almost a year before getting a so so fight with Provodnikov. Should have been on top after the major upset win.
I’ll give Shaw extra points in life for coming up with the Shobox The New Generation idea.
Help me understand this? The WBA put Gary Shaw in charge of the NABA?! This is a recipe for disaster! I believe putting a PROMOTER in charge of a sanctioning body will reek of favoritism toward HIS stable of fighters. He may or may not be an “active” promoter, but he probably still has fighters under contract, and lots of connections. Not to mention that being in charge of the NABA normally gives him a board member seat on the WBA……
Rankings of any of these organizations are pretty much meaningless-nobody could keep track of all the divisions and “contenders” even if they were honestly done.
Take it easy Mike , Gary Shaw is done with promotions long ago
Did Shaw retire as a promoter?
Happy for Gary Shaw, tremendous passion for boxing. We need him back on the track, a very knowledgeable man.