About EPBA

[AntonS]

Website is yet to be completed. Author Alan Kim is former PABA's director general

Eurasia Pacific Boxing Association

For Reigniting the Spirit of Boxing and for Reintegrating all the Stakeholder of Boxing in the Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia Pacific Boxing Association Has Been Born.

Boxing, as the world first professional sports, went through prosperity and dignity for over centuries, but boxing fans, the media and the sponsors are, as worried, gradually turning their faces away from some of the existing regional title matches since the bouts have been failing to meet the essential requirements of its quality as professional contests. The situation seems to be seriously on the wrong track, which may lead to consequences neither boxing community in any region want to be confronted with.

Accordingly, the conventional boxing mechanism needs to be positively reformed by all means for the betterment of boxing industrial fields where we are still breathing and working on. We should preserve future but not reject the past.

To improve championship events, before not too late to reignite our sport in those regions where operated by the fragmented regional title matches, we thus have decided to organize an integrated regional sanctioning institution, namely, the Eurasia Pacific Boxing Association(EPBA) with clear objectives: For the best interests of fans and sponsors.

By establishing this Association we will proceed together with bonafide promoters and the related national sports authorities to the vision of becoming a broaden gateway for the most qualified EPBA champions representing the Eastern hemisphere with their ultimate goal, challenging to the world championship titles through the path of EPBA.


Alan Kim
January, 2014

[Giancarlo]

He mentions 'integrated' but it sounds to me like yet another sanctioning body trying to get its snout into the trough.

[N2 Shape]

Do we really need another sanctioning body...........Only way I personally can see it being beneficial is if ALL 4 of the major sanctioning bodies recognise them as a Regional body and have there champions Ranked within there own sanctioning bodies Top 15.

[AntonS]

I suspect Kim will be seeking WBA membership

[tsmithy50]

Unfortunatly when it inevitably bombs within a couple of years another fly-by-night sanctioning body will take it's place.

[AntonS]

http://www.epbachamp.com/epba_index.html

[Hounddawg]

Rohit Singh ranked 15th ahead of De Mori,Sam and others?

[tsmithy50]

They seem to have forgotten Caperello and Berridge at light heavy as well.

[Hounddawg]

Smithy they seem to think Rabah is a lt welter, Jeff Horn is not in the top 15 welter weights, Geale is not even ranked. I looked too in depth at the LT Heavys, as the association could of really put together some great fights, no Cap OR Berridge.

[AntonS]

Doubt any of the above mentioned would be interested in the title, so I guess no point rating them.
I'll flick Alan a message re Ben Rabeh

[AntonS]

It's now EPBC (Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council) affiliated with WBC
http://www.epbcboxing.com/epbc_index.html