Annual WSB amateur boxing tournament

Quarterfinals for this season.

Patriot boxing team(Russia's team) lost to Astana Arlans(Kazakhstan's team) 3:2


France Fighting Roosters beat British Lionhearts 3:2

Italia Thunder beat Colombia Heroicos 3:2

And Uzbek Tigers beat Cuba Domadores 3:2


Shocking results in quarterfinals!

 

Italia Thunder beat Colombia Heroicos 3:2

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The second leg of quarterfinals on 19 and 20 May.

 

Semifinals first leg on 2 and 3 June, will happen over two legs as well.

 

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Kazakhstan's Astana Arlans won this season's WSB competition.In second leg Arlans beat Cuban team by one fight. The highlight of the second leg was Anton Pinchuk's 3:0 victory over Erislandy Savon.

 

Cuban Official is New Chairman of WSB Commission

Puig said that he will be fully committed to the strengthening of the WSB.

This appointment is a recognition to Cuba, the Cuban Boxing Federation, and to the National Boxing School

Cuban Alberto Puig de la Barca, member of the AIBA Executive Committee and head of the Cuban Boxing Federation (FCB by its
Spanish acronym), was appointed chairman of the Commission of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), which eighth edition will begin next January.

After Italian Franco Falcinelli was ratified at the head of AIBA, the management of the WSB Commission was vacant and has been now entrusted to the Cuban executive.

This working group is also composed of a vice-chairman —a position that Puig previously occupied— and six other members, who evaluate and make proposals on the competition program, technical and organizational issues, among others.

According to Puig, the 8th WSB should start in the second half of January 2018 and the proposal is to include 12 teams competing by geographical areas.

«This appointment is a recognition to Cuba, the FCB and our National Boxing School and I assume it committed to the strengthening of the event and the elimination of difficulties we have had in the past, ” Puig said from his office in Havana.

 

Two new teams to enter next season's World Series of Boxing.

The new season of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Series of Boxing (WSB) will begin in February with two new teams set to join the competition.

The format will remain the same from last season with three regional groups being contested before a global play-off.

This year will see the Croatian Knights enter the European group, joining the British Lionhearts, Italia Thunder and France Fghting Roosters, whilst a team from India will join last year's World Super Series champions Astana Arlans from Kazakhstan, Russia's Patriot Boxing Team and China Dragons in the Asian Group.

Croatian Knights general manager Mladen Mikolcevic said: "We are delighted to have a Croatian team making its debut in the World Series of Boxing for the first time in season eight.

"The competition is part of our strategy to help our boxers to secure a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification pathway.

"Several members of the side have already amassed significant WSB experience with the likes of British Lionhearts and Astana Arlans and will be sharing that precious know-how with their team-mates, allowing Croatian Knights to go into the competition confident of making a big impact and progressing through to the play-offs."

AIBA interim President Franco Falcinelli added: "In terms of the quality and excitement of boxing on show, entertainment and production levels and our global audience reach, WSB season seven set new standards for our sport.

"In season eight, we can now go even further, with India's vast and growing appetite for boxing adding a new dimension to the 2018 competition and the Croatian Knights bringing with them all of that great nation’s boxing history."

The Americas group will contain last year's silver medalists the Cuba Domadores, Colombia Heroicos and Caciques Venezuela.

Argentina Condors, who finished bottom of the group last season, will not feature in the next campaign.

Registration has now closed for the 11 teams to sign-up foreign boxers for next season with 196 athletes confirmed from 42 different countries, including champions and medallists from the 2017 AIBA World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.

The teams now have the opportunity to recruit domestic boxers who compete at both national and international level until mid-January with the final line-ups confirmed shortly afterwards.

Astana Arlans general manager Savat Abildin, whose team won a record third title last year, is excited about the upcoming season.

"After the dramatic season seven final, Astana Arlans are preparing to make history and assert ourselves once more on the WSB competition," he said.

"The boxers love the format and it has helped them develop and grow as athletes and the competition has truly brought boxing to new audiences.

"The team is preparing to defend the title we won last year against Cuba Domadores and we are confident that we can reach our fifth final."

The event will be streamed on WSB social media channels throughout the year.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/arti...-to-enter-next-seasons-world-series-of-boxing

 

Joe Ward is set to feature in this year's WSB

 

Italia Thuner will face Croatian Knights on February 2.

Federico Emilio Serra vs Yauheni Karmilchyk (49kg)

Francesco Grandelli vs Filip Poturovic (56kg)

Paolo Di Lernia vs Ivan Njegac (64kg)

Vincenzo Lizzi vs Aleksa Markovic (75kg)

Clemente Russo vs Toni Filipi (91kg)

 

Indian Tigers rooster is confirmed:

Sachin Siwach (49kg), Kavinder Bisht (52kg), Madan Lal (52kg), Ankush Dahiya (60kg), Rohit Tokas (64kg), Duryodhan Singh (64kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg), Brijesh Yadav (75kg), Sumit Sangwan (91kg), Praveen Kumar (+91kg).

 

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