WBA Asia (formerly known as Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council, also known as EPBC) is an organisation for professional boxing in the Central Asia, Oceania, Pan Pacific, Eurasia and Southeast and Far East nations. It was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in Seoul[1]
| Sport | Professional boxing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Affiliation | |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| President | Alan Kim |
| Official website | |
| wbaasiaboxing | |
History
editWBC affiliation
editIn 2016, WBC released an open letter, stating the following:[2]
"Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council is not a WBC Federation. It is only a committee affiliated with the WBC, ..."
"Any request for a new federation or commission to affiliate to the WBC is a matter that must be addressed by the WBC Board of Governors in the annual conventions of the WBC."
This open letter came about due to MBC claimed that they have secured affiliation with WBC.[3] However WBC shot the affiliation down and stated that MBC only has affiliation with EPBC and not WBC.[4]
In February 2017, EPBC announced that they will be leaving the WBC to join WBA.[5]
WBA affiliation
editIn February 2017, WBA Asia was accepted by WBA president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza.[6] The final was on March 25 with Pavel Malikov won over Mirzhan Zhaksylykov for the WBA ASIA Lightweight title match.[7] This was created alongside WBA Oceania title to replace the Pan Asian Boxing Association title which left and created their own sanctioning body called the World Boxing Society.
WBA Asia champions
edit| Weight Class | Asia Regular Champion | Asia East Champion | Asia South Champion | Asia Central Champion | Asia Female Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Alessio Bisutti | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Bridgerweight | Gabriel Kocsis | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Cruiserweight | Alexei Papin | Anton Zaytsev | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Light heavyweight | Artavazd Aroyan | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Super middleweight | Ibragim Estemirov | Rizvan Elikhanov | Vacant | Nikita Zon | Vacant |
| Middleweight | Pavel Sosulin | Vacant | Kulbir Dhaka | Vacant | Vacant |
| Super welterweight | Avzalbek Kuranbaev | Albert Khamkhoev | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Welterweight | Ruslan Madiyev | Vadim Musaev | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Super lightweight | Phongtep Homjui | Vacant | Ibrahim Chabane | Vacant | Vacant |
| Lightweight | Sirochbek Ismoilov | Tigran Uzlyan | Matvei Lagerev | Vacant | Vacant |
| Super featherweight | Artur Subkhankulov | Vacant | Ongen Saknosiwi | Vacant | Vacant |
| Featherweight | Shakhzodbek Sharobiddinov | Jermaine Hardison | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| Super bantamweight | De-Kang Wang | Chingiz Natyrov | Vacant | Vacant | Karina Tazabekova |
| Bantamweight | Vacant | Mekhdi Abdurashedov | Vacant | Vacant | Balaussa Muzdiman |
| Super flyweight | Reymart Tagacanao | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Felmy Sumaehe |
| Flyweight | Tanes Ongjunta | Immanuel Josef | Berland Robles | Vacant | Vacant |
| Light flyweight | Arvin Jhon Paciones | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Hye-Soo Park |
| Minimumweight | Joey Canoy | Vacant | Ian Abne | Vacant | Vacant |
References
edit- ^ "EPBC: About us". EPBC. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ Robert J.B. Lenhardt (2016-03-18). "MBC Request for WBC Affiliation". WBC. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "MBC secures affiliation with WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council". Box Score News. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ Robert J.B. Lenhardt (2016-03-18). "MBC Request for WBC Affiliation". WBC. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "EPBC is no longer affiliating with WBC". WBC. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Gilberto Jesus Mendoza presents WBA-Asia". WBA. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Results". WBA. Retrieved 27 May 2017.