Asian Boxing Council

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|abbreviation = ABCO
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|formation = 1985
|type = Federation of national professional boxing commissions
|headquarters = [[Thailand]]
|location = [[Bangkok]], Thailand
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|region_served =[[Asia]]
|membership =20 national members
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|leader_title =President
|leader_name =Pol.Gen.Kovid Bhakdibhumi
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The '''Asian Boxing Council''' ('''ABCO''') is a professional [[boxing]] organization that sanctions title fights in the Greater Asian region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Boxing Council {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100046988 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=uia.org}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboutus {{!}} WBC ASIA |url=https://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/aboutus/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

After Sahasombhop’s death in 2000, Pol. Gen. [[:th:โกวิท ภักดีภูมิ|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.
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* {{THA}}
* {{CHN}}
* {{JAP}}
* {{PHI}}
* {{INA}}
* {{KAZ}}
* {{BAN}}
* {{BRN}}
* {{IND}}
* {{IRQ}}
* {{KUW}}
* {{MAS}}
* {{NEP}}
* {{PAK}}
* {{QAT}}
* {{SRI}}
* {{HKG}}
* {{TUR}}
* {{KGZ}}
* {{UZB}}
* {{AZE}}
* {{SIN}}
* {{TUR}}
* {{CAN}}
* {{VIE}}
* {{MEX}}
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==Key Persons==

{| class="wikitable"
!Position:
!Name:
!Nationality:
|-
|President
|Pol.Gen.Kovid Bhakdibhumi
|{{flagicon|THA}}
|-
|Vice President
|Col. Damrong Simakajornboon
|{{flagicon|THA}}
|-
|Secretary General
|Kevin P. Noone
|{{flagicon|IRE}}
|}

==Current ABCO title holders==
{| class="wikitable"
!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]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Yujie Zeng<ref name="asia">{{Cite web|title=WBC ASIA CHAMPIONS|url=https://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/wbc_asia_champions/|access-date=2024-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
|vacant<ref name="continental">{{Cite web|title=CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONS|url=https://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/continental_champions/|access-date=2024-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
|vacant
<ref name="silver">{{Cite web|title=SILVER CHAMPIONS|url=https://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/silver_champions/|access-date=2024-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
|vacant
|-
|[[Junior flyweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|PHI}} Jerry Francisco<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|PRC}} Yin He Xu<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Flyweight]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Thananchai Charunphak<ref name="asia" />
|vacant<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|{{flagicon|THA}} Sothita Sitthichai
|-
|[[Super flyweight]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jiangtao Cao<ref name="asia" />
|vacant<ref name="continental" /
|<ref name="silver" />
|{{flagicon|BAN}}Utshob Ahmed <ref>{{cite news |title=Utshob becomes first Bangladeshi boxer to win WBC belt |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/other-sports/347464/utshob-becomes-first-bangladeshi-boxer-to-win-wbc |date=25 May 2024 |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2024-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|HKG}} Sheau Ru Yang
|-
|[[Bantamweight]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Petch CP Freshmart<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|PHI}} Noli James Maquilan<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Super bantamweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Marlon Tapales]]<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|MYS}} Daeloniel McDelon<ref name="silver" />
|{{flagicon|IND}} Urvashi Singh
|-
|[[Featherweight]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Sathaporn Saart<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|SIN}} Prithiv Raaj Elansharan<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|ARM}} Mikael Arutyunyan<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Junior lightweight]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wensong Liu<ref name="asia" />
||{{flagicon|THA}} Arnon Yupang<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Skye Falzon
|-
|[[Lightweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|SIN}} Danial Abdul Jalil<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|PRC}} Hanyun Wu<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Junior welterweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Ege Arin Konuk<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Khalis Nasir<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Welterweight]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Děkýš]]<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|THA}} Chan Sala<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|INA}} Rahul Pinem<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Junior middleweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|vacant<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Middleweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Victor Nagbe<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Super middleweight]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Serhat Guler<ref name="asia" />
|vacant<ref name="continental" />
| {{flagicon|SIN}} Davis Anderson<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Light heavyweight]]
||vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|MYS}} Adli Hafidz<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|PRC}} Shuxin Gao<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Cruiserweight boxing|Cruiserweight]]
|vacant<ref name="asia" />
||{{flagicon|GER}} Yusuf Sultanoglu<ref name="continental" />
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artur Ter-Israelyan<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|[[Bridgerweight]]
||vacant<ref name="asia" />
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessio Bisutti]]<ref name="continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|-
|[[Heavyweight]]
||vacant<ref name="asia" />
|vacant<ref name= "continental" />
|vacant<ref name="silver" />
|vacant
|-
|}

==ABCO Awards==

{| class="wikitable"
!Year:
!Boxer of the year:
!Promoter of the year:
|-
|2005
|{{flagicon|THA}} Saenghiran Lookbanyai
|{{flagicon|THA}} Virat Vachararattanawongsi
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|THA}} David Nakornluang
|{{flagicon|THA}} Pariyakorn Ratanasuban
|-
|2007
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo]]
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yerik Jailauov
|-
|2008
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Beibut Shumenov]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} German Titov
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Surachart Pisitwutthinan
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|THA}} Terdsak Kokietgym
|{{flagicon|THA}} Surachart Pisitwutthinan
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Kompayak Porpramook]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Surachart Pisitwutthinan
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xiong Zhao Zhong]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Kokiet Panichyarom
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Srisaket Sor Rungvisai]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Surachart Pisitwutthinan
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Suriyan Sor Rungvisai]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} Surachart Pisitwutthinan
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|THA}} Nawaphon Por Chokchai
|{{flagicon|THA}} Kokiet Panichyarom
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[North American Boxing Federation]]
*[[Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation]]
*[[European Boxing Union]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.asianboxingcouncil.com/ Official site]

[[Category:Professional boxing governing bodies]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1985]]
[[Category:World Boxing Council]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in Thailand]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Asia]]

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