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. Formed in 2014, it is headquartered in Seoul.
History WBC affiliation In 2016, WBC released an open letter, stating the following:
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. However WBC shot the affiliation down and stated that MBC only has affiliation with EPBC and not WBC. In February 2017, EPBC announced that they will be leaving the WBC to join WBA.
WBA affiliation In February 2017, WBA Asia was accepted by WBA president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza. The final was on March 25 with Pavel Malikov won over Mirzhan Zhaksylykov for the WBA ASIA Lightweight title match. 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 Class Asia Regular Champion Asia Gold Champion Asia East Champion Asia South Champion Asia Central Champion Asia Female Champion Heavyweight Yize Jiang Bridgerweight Davlat Boltaev Cruiserweight Hasan Kubilay Alcu Light heavyweight Ali Akhmedov Connor Taylor Super middleweight Vladimir Mironchikov Jimmy Kelly Middleweight Armat Aramanuly JJ Metcalf Robert Toman Sarohatua Lumbantobing Konstantin Mishechkin Super welterweight Alisher Abdulalim Jesus Saracho Yong-In Jo Jhun Rick Carcedo Welterweight Ruslan Madiyev James Mokoginta Alberto Ignacio Palmetta Danis Gabdrafikov Super lightweight Le-Quan Wang Prince Patel Idris Adalaev Lightweight Siro Choi Raza Hamza Bo-Mi-Re Shin Super featherweight Lito Badenas Ruben Manakane Featherweight Mikhail Varlamov Eduardo Baez Hazman Iskandar Zulkifli Siew Skye Falzon Super bantamweight De-Kang Wang Kim Ye-joon Kanat Sanggil Bantamweight Yelshat Nikhemttolla Super flyweight Ayumu Sano Surya Dharma Felmy Sumaehe Flyweight Lekaysha Woodbridge Light flyweight Minimumweight Edmond Khudoyan Ye Kyeng-Seo
Member countries Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Russia Singapore Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Affiliated organizations Bangladesh Professional Boxing Association Cambodia Professional Boxing Commission China Professional Boxing Association China - Each Provincial Commission Indian Professional Boxing Association (IPBA) Indonesia Professional Boxing Commission Indonesia - Uni Combat Council Japan Boxing Commission Kazakhstan Professional Boxing Federation Korea Boxing Commission Korea Boxing Federation Korea Boxing Members Commission Kyrgyz Boxing Commission Sport Committee of Malaysia Mongolia Boxing Commission Pakistan Boxing Commission Philippines Game and Amusements Board Russia Boxing Federation Professional Boxing Federation of Singapore Singapore Boxing Federation Chinese Taipei Professional Boxing Association Thailand Boxing Commission Dubai Boxing Commission Federation of Professional Boxing of Uzbekistan Vietnam Boxing Commission
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