Tag: APB
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Rey Saludar Filipino “Band of Brothers” in APB
Lausanne, July 12, 2013: The AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) “Boxer of the Week” campaign turned its attention to Filipino sensation Rey Saludar. The 2010 Asian Continental Champion is one of three boxers from the Philippines to sign for APB. As part of the campaign, Rey answered questions posted by his fans on the APB facebook…
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Esquiva Falcao: “APB exhibition bout in Rio will be historic”
Lausanne, June 28, 2013: The AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) “Boxer of the Week” campaign turned its attention to Brazil, the host country of the next Olympic Games and dedicated a week to APB Brazilian star Esquiva Falcao. Rio 2016 will be the first Olympic Games in history allowing pro boxers to compete. As the only…
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Emigdio looking forward “to fighting best in the world”
Lausanne, 21 June 21, 2013: AIBA Pro Boxing’s (APB) social media campaign moves to Mexico, home of prominent APB Boxer Elias Emigdio. The athlete’s answers to numerous fans’ questions have shed light on many areas of the Mexican fighter’s life. As Elias Emigdio confessed in his interview, he became a boxer thanks to his mother:…
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Erik Pfeifer lights up APB “Boxer of the Week” campaign
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25, 2013: The AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) “Boxer of the Week” campaign put the spotlight on German powerhouse Erik Pfeifer over the last days. Highlighting the power of social media, APB has taken a new approach to conducting official interviews during this campaign by allowing boxing fans themselves to lead on the…
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Two months away from first ever APB bout
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 21, 2013: 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…
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APB unveils its boxers’ roster through “Boxer of the Week” campaign
Lausanne – Switzerland, May 17, 2013: Just a few hours after the wrap-up of the third and most impressive World Series of Boxing (WSB) season to date, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was pleased to launch an exciting Social Media campaign named APB “Boxer of the Week”, designed to unveil step by step the entire…
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Boxing: Brazil’s Falcao brothers sign for APB
Lausanne – Switzerland, Dec 14: London 2012 Olympic Games Middleweight (75kg) silver medallist Esquiva Florentino Falcao and his brother Yamaguchi, a Light Heavyweight (81kg) bronze medallist in the British capital, have both signed up and committed themselves to compete at the World Level of the AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) program. Two stars of the World…
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French pro boxing stars join WSB and APB
Lausanne, Nov 12: World Series of Boxing (WSB) is delighted to announce that two of the most exciting French professional boxers will take part in WSB for its third season with Redouane Asloum and Daouda Sow joining the league. Both fighters have also signed up for the AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) World Level when the…
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APB star Shin donates signing bonus
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 26, 2012 – SHIN DONATES, Jonghun Shin, the AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011 silver medallist from Korea, has announced his intention to donate his AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) signing bonus to AIBA’s Development programs for young boxers. Passionate about his beloved sport, Shin wanted to give something back and decided…
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Top pound for pound Lomachenko is latest
London, Great Britain, August 11, 2012: The AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) Program has underlined its position at the top of world boxing after signing Ukrainian Olympic Champion Vasyl Lomachenko and teammates AIBA World Champions Oleksandr Usyk and Taras Shelestyuk for the competition, which starts next year. AIBA is also delighted to announce that fellow top…