The North American Boxing Council is a professional

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and

Mixed Martial Arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

sanctioning body headquartered in the United States at Indianapolis, IN since 1999. NABC boxing champions have been televised on

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and

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. Boxers who have contested for the title include Evander Holyfield, Félix Trinidad, Larry Donald,

Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez (born October 3, 1973) is a Nicaraguan professional boxer and former mixed martial artist. In boxing he is a former two-weight world champion, having held the unified WBA (Unified), WBC, ''Ring'' magazine, and li ...

, Stevie Johnston,

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Ian Gardner Ian Gardner (born May 5, 1981), nicknamed ''The Cobra'' because of his slithering movements on the boxing ring, is a junior-middleweight boxer who was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, but now resides in Halifax Nova Scotia, C ...

, and Damian Fuller. Promoters who have held NABC contests include

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, Fred Berns, and Gary Shaw. On July 28, 2006, the NABC became the first professional boxing sanctioning body to sanction a Mixed Martial Arts bout when Jessie Chilton defeated Eddie Sanchez at Legends of Fighting 8 in Indianapolis to win the NABC 185 lb MMA championship. The NABC has produced its own MMA cards as NABC Extreme Fighting. NABC mixed martial arts champions have been televised on the HDNet cable channel and on

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pay per view broadcasts. NABC sanctioning of MMA matches and the implications for the future of professional boxing were examined in a
NBC Sports story
by Kenny Rice May 29, 2007. In 2014 the NABC adopted the Ring Magazine model of recognizing champions based won/loss record, quality of performance, strength of opposition, and computerized rankings, to fill vacant titles. The NABC recognizes the Ring Magazine champion as world champion.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20070531223716/http://nabc.net/ {{MMA organizations Professional boxing organizations Boxing in North America Mixed martial arts organizations

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