WBA Asia explained

Assocname:WBA Asia
Sport:Professional boxing
Founded:2014
Aff:
    Headquarters:Seoul, South Korea
    President:Alan Kim
    Url: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]

    History

    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 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

    Weight ClassAsia ChampionAsia East ChampionAsia South ChampionAsia Female Champion
    HeavyweightVladyslav SirenkoVacantEric Pen[8] Vacant
    CruiserweightRuslan FayferIssa AkberbayevVacantVacant
    Light HeavyweightVacantVacantVacantVacant
    Super MiddleweightAndrey SirotkinVacantVacantVacant
    MiddleweightMagomed MadievVacantVacantVacant
    Super WelterweightVacantTrương Đình HoàngVacantVacant
    WelterweightTewa KiramXing-Xin YangVacantVacant
    Super LightweightVacantWoo-Min WonVacantVacant
    LightweightVacantDeiner BerrioAbdul MottalibVacant
    Super FeatherweightMuhamad RidhwanMikhail AlexeevSangarthitt LooksaikongdinVacant
    FeatherweightValery TretyakovNam-Joon LeeJames MokogintaVacant
    Super BantamweightRuben ManakaneWulan TuolehaziVacantVacant
    BantamweightXinghua WangVacantVacantVacant
    Super FlyweightSangarthitt LooksaikongdinMikhail AloyanVacantVacant
    FlyweightYutthana Kaensa VacantVacantVacant
    Light FlyweightVacantVacantVacantVacant
    MinimumweightVacantVacantVacantVacant

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: EPBC: About us . EPBC . 2016-05-18.
    2. Web site: Robert J.B. Lenhardt. MBC Request for WBC Affiliation. WBC. 2016-03-18. 2016-05-31.
    3. Web site: MBC secures affiliation with WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council. Box Score News. 2016-03-18. 2016-05-31.
    4. Web site: Robert J.B. Lenhardt. MBC Request for WBC Affiliation. WBC. 2016-03-18. 2016-05-31.
    5. Web site: EPBC is no longer affiliating with WBC. WBC. 27 May 2017.
    6. Web site: Gilberto Jesus Mendoza presents WBA-Asia. WBA. 27 May 2017.
    7. Web site: Results. WBA. 27 May 2017.
    8. Web site: Cambodian boxer claims WBA Asia belt - Khmer Times. 20 May 2019.

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