WBA Asia

WBA Asia
Sport Boxing
Founded 2014
Affiliation World Boxing Council (2014 - 2017)
World Boxing Association (2017 - Present)
Headquarters Seoul, Korea
Location Seoul, South Korea
President Alan Kim
Operating income Title match sanction fee
Sponsor None
Official website
www.wbaasiaboxing.com

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]

WBC Affiliation

In 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

In February 2017, WBA Asia was accepted by WBA president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza.[6] The final was on March 25th with Pavel Malikov won over Mirzhan Zhaksylykov for the WBA ASIA Lightweight title match.[7] This was created along side 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

Male

Weight Class Asia Champion Asia East Champion Asia South Champion
Heavyweight Apti Davtaev Vacant Vacant
Cruiserweight Ruslan Fayfer Issa Akberbayev Vacant
Light Heavyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Middleweight Andrey Sirotkin Vacant Vacant
Middleweight Magomed Madiev Vacant Vacant
Super Welterweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Welterweight Tewa Kiram Xing-Xin Yang Vacant
Super Lightweight Vacant Woo-Min Won Vacant
Lightweight Pavel Malikov Deiner Berrio Vacant
Super Featherweight Muhamad Ridhwan Mikhail Alexeev Vacant
Featherweight Valery Tretyakov Nam-Joon Lee James Mokoginta
Super Bantamweight Ruben Manakane Wulan Tuolehazi Vacant
Bantamweight Xinghua Wang Vacant Vacant
Super Flyweight Vacant Mikhail Aloyan Vacant
Flyweight Yutthana Kaensa Vacant Vacant
Light Flyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Minimumweight Vacant Vacant Vacant

Female

Weight Class Asia Champion East Asia Champion South Asia Champion
Light Heavyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Middleweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Middleweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Welterweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Welterweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Lightweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Lightweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Featherweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Featherweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Bantamweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Bantamweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Flyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Flyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Light Flyweight Vacant Vacant Vacant
Minimumweight Vacant Vacant Vacant

References and notes

  1. ↑ "EPBC: About us". EPBC. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ↑ Robert J.B. Lenhardt (2016-03-18). "MBC Request for WBC Affiliation". WBC. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  3. ↑ "MBC secures affiliation with WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council". Box Score News. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  4. ↑ Robert J.B. Lenhardt (2016-03-18). "MBC Request for WBC Affiliation". WBC. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  5. ↑ "EPBC is no longer affiliating with WBC". WBC. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gilberto Jesus Mendoza presents WBA-Asia". WBA. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Results". WBA. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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