Pan Asian Boxing Association

Boxing organization

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Pan Asian Boxing Association
Official website
Sport	Boxing
Abbreviation	PABA
Founded	1995
Affiliation	World Boxing Association
Headquarters	Seoul, Korea
Location	Seoul, South Korea
President	Rahul Mehendiratta
Operating income	Title match sanction fee
Sponsor	None
Replaced	WBA Oceania
Closure date	2018
www.pabaonline.com

The Pan Asian Boxing Association, also known as PABA, is an organisation for professional boxing in the Central Asia, Oceania, Pan Pacific, Eurasia and Southeast and Far East nations. It was formed in 1995 and is headquartered in Seoul.

History

Since its inception in 1995 there have been over 800 sanctioned championship matches. Twenty two PABA champions have eventually been crowned as WBA world champions in their respective division, whilst PABA has assisted 37 PABA champions' challenge to the WBA world title. In March 2016, WBA voted at their annual convention to have WBA Oceania title to be the exclusive regional title for the Asia Pacific. Due to this, WBA discontinued their relationship with PABA. PABA created their own sanctioning body called the World Boxing Society. In 2018, PABA and their new sanctioning body WBS disbanded.