Asian Boxing Council
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The Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) is a professional boxing organization that sanctions title fights in the Greater Asian region.[1]
| Abbreviation | ABCO |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Federation of national professional boxing commissions |
| Headquarters | Thailand |
| Location |
|
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.
Key Persons
| Position: | Name: | Nationality: |
|---|---|---|
| President | Pol.Gen.Kovid Bhakdibhumi |  |
| Vice President | Col. Damrong Simakajornboon | |
| Secretary General | Kevin P. Noone |  |
Current ABCO title holders
Summarize
Perspective
| 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 | 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 |  Lukas Dekys[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
References
External links
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