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

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.

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	vacant	vacant	vacant
Junior flyweight	vacant	Jerry Francisco	Yin He Xu	vacant
Flyweight	Thananchai Charunphak	vacant	vacant	Sothita Sitthichai
Super flyweight	Jiangtao Cao	vacant	Utshob Ahmed	Sheau Ru Yang
Bantamweight	Petch CP Freshmart	Noli James Maquilan	vacant	vacant
Super bantamweight	vacant	Marlon Tapales	Daeloniel McDelon	Urvashi Singh
Featherweight	Sathaporn Saart	Prithiv Raaj Elansharan	Mikael Arutyunyan	vacant
Junior lightweight	Wensong Liu	Arnon Yupang	vacant	Skye Falzon
Lightweight	vacant	Danial Abdul Jalil	Hanyun Wu	vacant
Junior welterweight	vacant	Ege Arin Konuk	Khalis Nasir	vacant
Welterweight	Lukas Dekys	Chan Sala	Rahul Pinem	vacant
Junior middleweight	vacant	vacant	vacant	vacant
Middleweight	vacant	Victor Nagbe	vacant	vacant
Super middleweight	Serhat Guler	vacant	vacant	vacant
Light heavyweight	vacant	Adli Hafidz	Shuxin Gao	vacant
Cruiserweight	vacant	Yusuf Sultanoglu	Artur Ter-Israelyan	vacant
Bridgerweight	vacant	Alessio Bisutti	vacant	vacant
Heavyweight	vacant	vacant	vacant	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

References

1. "Asian Boxing Council | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
2. "Aboutus | WBC ASIA". Retrieved 2024-02-04.
3. ^ "WBC ASIA CHAMPIONS". Retrieved 2024-06-01.
4. ^ "CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONS". Retrieved 2024-06-01.
5. ^ "SILVER CHAMPIONS". Retrieved 2024-06-01.
6. "Utshob becomes first Bangladeshi boxer to win WBC belt". Dhaka Tribune. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-25.

External links

• Official site

• Professional boxing governing bodies
• Sports organizations established in 1985
• World Boxing Council
• 1985 establishments in Thailand
• Sports governing bodies in Asia