The Canadian Professional Boxing Council was founded in December of 1976.
[2] There were promoters and amateur and professional fight managers among its members.
Title fights were sanctioned and Canadian boxing professionals were ranked by the CPBC.
In Toronto, Paul Nielson fought George Jerome in the first title fight for the Canadian Heavyweight boxing championship, and Nielson emerged victorious as the first-ever CPBC Heavyweight champion.
[6] The Canadian Professional Boxing Council was relaunched in 2010 by Don Collette.