FMB — Federación Mexicana de Boxeo

What it is — and what it is not

The Federación Mexicana de Boxeo is a civil association whose own letterhead reads "affiliated to World Boxing and to the Mexican Olympic Committee." It sits inside the Mexican Olympic sports centre in Mexico City. Its founding year could not be verified, and the commonly cited 1923 belongs to the professional Mexico City boxing commission, not to this body.^[1] [2]

It is not the professional regulator. Professional boxing in Mexico is regulated by separate government boxing commissions at state and municipal level — dozens of them, each with its own regulation — and the professional licence is issued by the commission, not by this federation. Distinct again is the WBC, a private world sanctioning body headquartered in Mexico that is not a Mexican regulator. The two systems touch only at the edges: the federation's elite grand prix admits professionals who have fought up to eight rounds.^[3]

Óscar Contreras González was elected president on 19 October 2024 as the only registered slate, for a term to 2028. He succeeded his uncle, who had led the federation from 1988 to 2024 — 36 years and nine Olympic cycles.^[4] [5]

The Record Book, and a changing selection system

The federation affiliated to World Boxing on 22 May 2025, the same day as Cuba. Its first intention had been dual affiliation with both the IBA and World Boxing; it dropped that and requested withdrawal from the IBA — "we analysed it carefully and decided to dedicate ourselves 100% to the World Boxing programme so as not to generate division or problems with the Mexican Olympic Committee." The exact date of the IBA withdrawal is not published.^[6] [7]

The athlete credential is the clearest of the five boxing federations here: the Récord Book. The federation's own convocatoria states that "every participant must be of Mexican nationality and possess their Record Book with their annual medical examination," and that boxers "must present their Record Book, uniforms, medical examinations and pregnancy tests." It combines the bout record and the annual medical clearance in one athlete-held document, checked at every entry and weigh-in. Also required is a written endorsement from the boxer's state association signed by its president or secretary. No central bout-record database is documented.^[8] [9]

Selection is changing. Under the old system the national championship produced the squad — champions and runners-up in both sexes concentrating for a final process before the world championships. From 2026 the federation has moved to a ranking-points calendar feeding a round-robin grand prix, in which the best five or six in each division compete. Criteria are published in the federation's convocatorias, which require boxers to be affiliated and recognised by the federation and its state associations, and identify the qualifying tournaments as pre-selective events for forming the national teams.^[10] [8]

One governance matter of record: the national sports commission revoked the federation's registration in 2015 for failure to produce its constitutive act, statutes and membership roll, and an appeal was dismissed in 2016. Whether that registration was ever restored could not be verified; the working relationship plainly exists today.^[11]

Mexico's Olympic boxing record is 14 medals — two gold, four silver and eight bronze, both golds coming in 1968. Boxing is Mexico's second most successful Olympic sport after diving.^[12]