The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is delighted
to announce that the first ever AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) bout will take place on
Friday 19 July in Jeju Island, Korea.
Prior to the official start of the competition scheduled
for January 2014, AIBA will stage a number of APB exhibition bouts all around
the Globe. These bouts will consist of 8 rounds of 3 minutes with the best
fighters in the World involved.
Following the event in Korea, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games will be the second destination of APB
in August. Some additional exhibition bouts are being planned for September
with France, Italy, Mexico and Ukraine having expressed their interest in
hosting those events.
AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), the individual pro-style boxing
competition program under the governance of AIBA, is a revolution for the sport
of boxing. It is the first and only individual competition in history allowing
pro boxers to compete whilst retaining their Olympic eligibility. The APB
exhibition bouts will feature the best APB boxers such as Welsh Wonder Andrew
Selby, Brazil’s Falcao brothers, Italian poster-boys Clemente Russo and
Domenico Valentino, German powerhouse Erik Pfeifer, Mexican superstars Juan
Romero and Elias Emigdio, rising Korean star Jonghun Shin and many others.
All the foreseen events will be considered as exhibitions
and therefore will not affect 2014 APB Ranking. (Source)
