Asian Boxing Council

The Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) is a professional boxing organization that sanctions title fights in the Greater Asian region.^[1]

Asian Boxing Council

Abbreviation	ABCO
Formation	1985
Type	Federation of national professional boxing commissions
Headquarters	Thailand
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Region served	Asia
Membership	20 national members
Official language	English
President	Pol.Gen.Kovid Bhakdibhumi
Affiliations	World Boxing Council
Website	http://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/

History

At the 1985 World Boxing Council (WBC) annual convention in Bangkok, Thailand, the late Sahasombhop Srisomvongse and representatives from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Qatar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Jordan, Malaysia and Kuwait launched the Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) as a confederation affiliated with WBC.^[2]

After Sahasombhop’s death in 2000, Pol. Gen. Kovid Bhakdibhumi, became President of the WBC Asian Boxing Council.

Purpose

1. To promote the boxing activities throughout Asia.

2. To organize top rated championship bouts for the great Asian fighters.

3. To supervise the safe competition in Asian region.

Members

ABCO has 20 national members.

•  Thailand
•  China
•  Japan
•  Philippines
•  Indonesia
•  Kazakhstan
•  Bangladesh
•  Brunei
•  India
•  Iraq
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  Nepal
•  Pakistan
•  Qatar
•  Sri Lanka
•  Hong Kong
•  Turkey
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Uzbekistan
•  Azerbaijan
•  Singapore
•  Turkey
•  Canada
•  Vietnam
•  Mexico

Key Persons

Position:	Name:	Nationality:
President	Pol.Gen.Kovid Bhakdibhumi
Vice President	Col. Damrong Simakajornboon
Secretary General	Kevin P. Noone

Current ABCO title holders

Weight class:	Greater Asian Champion:	Asian Continental Champion:	Silver Asian Champion:	Female Champion:
Atomweight	(for female boxing only)	(for female boxing only)	(for female boxing only)	vacant
Strawweight	Yujie Zeng[3]	vacant[4]	vacant [5]	vacant
Junior flyweight	vacant[3]	Jerry Francisco[4]	Yin He Xu[5]	vacant
Flyweight	Thananchai Charunphak[3]	vacant[4]	vacant[5]	Sothita Sitthichai
Super flyweight	Jiangtao Cao[3]	vacant[5]	Utshob Ahmed [6]	Sheau Ru Yang
Bantamweight	Petch CP Freshmart[3]	Noli James Maquilan[4]	vacant[5]	vacant
Super bantamweight	vacant[3]	Marlon Tapales[4]	Daeloniel McDelon[5]	Urvashi Singh
Featherweight	Sathaporn Saart[3]	Prithiv Raaj Elansharan[4]	Mikael Arutyunyan[5]	vacant
Junior lightweight	Wensong Liu[3]	Arnon Yupang[4]	vacant[5]	Skye Falzon
Lightweight	vacant[3]	Danial Abdul Jalil[4]	Hanyun Wu[5]	vacant
Junior welterweight	vacant[3]	Ege Arin Konuk[4]	Khalis Nasir[5]	vacant
Welterweight	Lukáš Děkýš[3]	Chan Sala[4]	Rahul Pinem[5]	vacant
Junior middleweight	vacant[3]	vacant[4]	vacant[5]	vacant
Middleweight	vacant[3]	Victor Nagbe[4]	vacant[5]	vacant
Super middleweight	Serhat Guler[3]	vacant[4]	vacant[5]	vacant
Light heavyweight	vacant[3]	Adli Hafidz[4]	Shuxin Gao[5]	vacant
Cruiserweight	vacant[3]	Yusuf Sultanoglu[4]	Artur Ter-Israelyan[5]	vacant
Bridgerweight	vacant[3]	Alessio Bisutti[4]	vacant[5]	vacant
Heavyweight	vacant[3]	vacant[4]	vacant[5]	vacant

ABCO Awards

Year:	Boxer of the year:	Promoter of the year:
2005	Saenghiran Lookbanyai	Virat Vachararattanawongsi
2006	David Nakornluang	Pariyakorn Ratanasuban
2007	Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo	Yerik Jailauov
2008	Beibut Shumenov	German Titov
2009	Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo	Surachart Pisitwutthinan
2010	Terdsak Kokietgym	Surachart Pisitwutthinan
2011	Kompayak Porpramook	Surachart Pisitwutthinan
2012	Xiong Zhao Zhong	Kokiet Panichyarom
2013	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	Surachart Pisitwutthinan
2014	Suriyan Sor Rungvisai	Surachart Pisitwutthinan
2015	Nawaphon Por Chokchai	Kokiet Panichyarom

See also

• North American Boxing Federation
• Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
• European Boxing Union