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. Formed in 2014, it is headquartered in Seoul.^[1]

WBA Asia

Sport	Professional boxing
Abbreviation	WBA Asia
Founded	2014
Affiliation	WBA (2017–present) WBC (2014–2016)
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
President	Alan Kim
Secretary	Won Kim
Operating income	Title match sanction fee
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 Regular Champion	Asia East Champion	Asia South Champion	Asia Central Champion	Asia Female Champion
Heavyweight	Alessio Bisutti	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Bridgerweight	Gabriel Kocsis	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Cruiserweight	Alexei Papin	Anton Zaytsev	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Light heavyweight	Artavazd Aroyan	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super middleweight	Ibragim Estemirov	Rizvan Elikhanov	Vacant	Nikita Zon	Vacant
Middleweight	Pavel Sosulin	Vacant	Kulbir Dhaka	Vacant	Vacant
Super welterweight	Avzalbek Kuranbaev	Albert Khamkhoev	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Welterweight	Ruslan Madiyev	Vadim Musaev	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super lightweight	Phongtep Homjui	Vacant	Ibrahim Chabane	Vacant	Vacant
Lightweight	Sirochbek Ismoilov	Tigran Uzlyan	Matvei Lagerev	Vacant	Vacant
Super featherweight	Ongen Saknosiwi	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Featherweight	Shakhzodbek Sharobiddinov	Jermaine Hardison	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
Super bantamweight	De-Kang Wang	Chingiz Natyrov	Vacant	Vacant	Karina Tazabekova
Bantamweight	Vacant	Mekhdi Abdurashedov	Vacant	Vacant	Balaussa Muzdiman
Super flyweight	Reymart Tagacanao	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Felmy Sumaehe
Flyweight	Tanes Ongjunta	Immanuel Josef	Berland Robles	Vacant	Vacant
Light flyweight	Arvin Jhon Paciones	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	Hye-Soo Park
Minimumweight	Joey Canoy	Vacant	Ian Abne	Vacant	Vacant

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 Province 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