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
3. To supervise the safe competition in Asian region.
Members ABCO has 20 national members. Key Persons
Position:Name:Nationality:Lifetime PresidentPol.Gen.Kovid BhakdibhumiPresidentGen.Tanapol BhakdibhumiVice PresidentCol. 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)vacantStrawweight Yujie Zengvacantvacant vacantJunior flyweightvacant Jerry Francisco Yin He XuvacantFlyweight Thananchai Charunphakvacantvacant Sothita SitthichaiSuper flyweight Jiangtao Caovacant<ref name="continental" /Utshob Ahmed Sheau Ru YangBantamweight Petch CP Freshmart Noli James MaquilanvacantvacantSuper bantamweightvacant Marlon Tapales Daeloniel McDelon Urvashi SinghFeatherweight Sathaporn Saart Prithiv Raaj Elansharan Mikael ArutyunyanvacantJunior lightweight Wensong Liu Arnon Yupangvacant Skye FalzonLightweightvacant Danial Abdul Jalil Hanyun WuvacantJunior welterweightvacant Ege Arin Konuk Khalis NasirvacantWelterweight Lukáš Děkýš Chan Sala Rahul PinemvacantJunior middleweightvacantvacantvacantvacantMiddleweightvacant Victor NagbevacantvacantSuper middleweight Serhat Gulervacant Davis AndersonvacantLight heavyweightvacant Adli Hafidz Shuxin GaovacantCruiserweightvacant Yusuf Sultanoglu Artur Ter-IsraelyanvacantBridgerweightvacant Alessio BisuttivacantvacantHeavyweightvacantvacantvacantvacant
ABCO Awards
Year:Boxer of the year:Promoter of the year:2005 Saenghiran Lookbanyai Virat Vachararattanawongsi2006 David Nakornluang Pariyakorn Ratanasuban2007 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo Yerik Jailauov2008 Beibut Shumenov German Titov2009 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo Surachart Pisitwutthinan2010 Terdsak Kokietgym Surachart Pisitwutthinan2011 Kompayak Porpramook Surachart Pisitwutthinan2012 Xiong Zhao Zhong Kokiet Panichyarom2013 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Surachart Pisitwutthinan2014 Suriyan Sor Rungvisai Surachart Pisitwutthinan2015 Nawaphon Por Chokchai Kokiet Panichyarom
See also North American Boxing Federation Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation European Boxing Union
References
External links Official site