WBA Asia

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]

WBA Asia

Sport	Professional boxing
Founded	2014
Affiliation	WBA (2017–present) WBC (2014–2016)
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
President	Alan Kim
Official website
wbaasiaboxing.com

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 Class	Asia Champion	Asia East Champion	Asia South Champion	Asia Female Champion
Heavyweight	Vladyslav Sirenko	Vacant	Eric Pen[8]	Vacant
Cruiserweight	Ruslan Fayfer	Issa Akberbayev	Vacant	Vacant
Light Heavyweight	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super Middleweight	Andrey Sirotkin	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Middleweight	Magomed Madiev	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super Welterweight	Vacant	Trương Đình Hoàng	Vacant	Vacant
Welterweight	Tewa Kiram	Xing-Xin Yang	Vacant	Vacant
Super Lightweight	Vacant	Woo-Min Won	Vacant	Vacant
Lightweight	Vacant	Deiner Berrio	Abdul Mottalib	Vacant
Super Featherweight	Muhamad Ridhwan	Mikhail Alexeev	Sangarthitt Looksaikongdin	Vacant
Featherweight	Valery Tretyakov	Nam-Joon Lee	James Mokoginta	Vacant
Super Bantamweight	Ruben Manakane	Wulan Tuolehazi	Vacant	Vacant
Bantamweight	Xinghua Wang	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super Flyweight	Sangarthitt Looksaikongdin	Mikhail Aloyan	Vacant	Vacant
Flyweight	Yutthana Kaensa	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Light Flyweight	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Minimumweight	Joey Canoy	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant

References

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.
8. "Cambodian boxer claims WBA Asia belt - Khmer Times". 20 May 2019.

External links

• Official WBA Asia website
• Official EPBC Website