List of APB (AIBA Pro Boxing) Titlists
Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 23:45
AIBA, the governing body that controls amateur boxing (or what it used to be) recently started their own professional boxing league called APB (AIBA Pro Boxing). It is a tournament involving top amateurs as well as about a dozen existing professional boxers. They have recently crowned the first titlists in their 10 weight divisions.
The fights are fought under professional rules (10 point must system, 3 judges, no headgear or vest) and the fighters are paid a purse per bout. All fighters who participate are eligible to fight in the Olympic games.
BoxREC has thus far refused to list the fights in the professional boxing database. So, for anyone who happens to be interested, here are the first 10 APB titlists:
Super Heavyweight (200lbs +)
Champion: Eric Pfeiffer (Germany) Record: 4-0, (0KO)
Notes: World Champion Mago Medzhidov was 2-0-1, 2 KO’s
Heavyweights (200lbs)
Champion: Aleksey Egorov (Russia) Record: 4-0, 0KO
Notes: Multi-Olympic medalist Clemente Russo was 2-2
Light Heavyweight (178.5Lbs)
Champion: Ehsan Rouzbahani (Iran) Record: 2-1-1, (0KO)
Middleweight (165lbs)
Champion: Adem Kilicci (Turkey) Record: 4-0 (0KO)
Welterweight (152lbs)
Champion: Onur Sipal (Turkey) Record: 4-0 (0KO)
Notes: Professional Marcos Nader (18-1-1 coming in) was 0-2 and KO’d in both fights
Super Lightweight (141lbs)
Champion: Armen Zakaryan (Russia) Record: 3-0 (0KO’s)
Lightweight (132lbs)
Champion: Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) Record: 4-0 (0KO’s)
Bantamweight (123.5 lbs)
Champion: Khedafi Djelkhir (France) Record 19-1 (12KO’s)
Flyweight (114.5 lbs)
Champion: Misha Aloian (Russia) Record 3-0 (0KO’s)
Light Flyweight (108 lbs)
Champion: Lv Bin (China) Record 4-0(0KO’s)
Most of the existing professionals did quite poorly. Out of the dozen or so, only one became a titlist (Djelkhir).
The fights are fought under professional rules (10 point must system, 3 judges, no headgear or vest) and the fighters are paid a purse per bout. All fighters who participate are eligible to fight in the Olympic games.
BoxREC has thus far refused to list the fights in the professional boxing database. So, for anyone who happens to be interested, here are the first 10 APB titlists:
Super Heavyweight (200lbs +)
Champion: Eric Pfeiffer (Germany) Record: 4-0, (0KO)
Notes: World Champion Mago Medzhidov was 2-0-1, 2 KO’s
Heavyweights (200lbs)
Champion: Aleksey Egorov (Russia) Record: 4-0, 0KO
Notes: Multi-Olympic medalist Clemente Russo was 2-2
Light Heavyweight (178.5Lbs)
Champion: Ehsan Rouzbahani (Iran) Record: 2-1-1, (0KO)
Middleweight (165lbs)
Champion: Adem Kilicci (Turkey) Record: 4-0 (0KO)
Welterweight (152lbs)
Champion: Onur Sipal (Turkey) Record: 4-0 (0KO)
Notes: Professional Marcos Nader (18-1-1 coming in) was 0-2 and KO’d in both fights
Super Lightweight (141lbs)
Champion: Armen Zakaryan (Russia) Record: 3-0 (0KO’s)
Lightweight (132lbs)
Champion: Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) Record: 4-0 (0KO’s)
Bantamweight (123.5 lbs)
Champion: Khedafi Djelkhir (France) Record 19-1 (12KO’s)
Flyweight (114.5 lbs)
Champion: Misha Aloian (Russia) Record 3-0 (0KO’s)
Light Flyweight (108 lbs)
Champion: Lv Bin (China) Record 4-0(0KO’s)
Most of the existing professionals did quite poorly. Out of the dozen or so, only one became a titlist (Djelkhir).