World Series of Boxing Launches New Website!

World Series of Boxing Launches New Website
WSB June 01, 2010

Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25, 2010 - the World Series of Boxing (WSB), the new boxing championship set to debut in November, officially launches its new and improved website to the general public Tuesday, May 25, 2010.

With a new vision for the boxing world, WSB has set out to create an enhanced consumer-focused website. As of May 25, worldseriesboxing.com will begin showcasing its fresh, clean, and professional look and feel complete with added multimedia features. The website will provide boxing fans with the latest news and development, in addition to much more exclusive content in a user-friendly way thanks to improved navigation and clickable tabs.

Worldseriesboxing.com will also provide easy accessibility to all 12 franchise teams’ personalized web pages as they come online.

The Boxers section, once geared toward team executives and officials, will now cater specifically to the boxing fan. In particular, fans can see the full list of boxers available for the June 28-29 International Draft. As the teams take shape, a database will be implemented to offer boxer information, match schedules and ultimately a complete results service from the tournament.

A new interactive Fan Zone allows boxing fans to explore news on their favorite social media platforms and interact with like-minded boxing fans.

For further information please contact:
Paul O’Neil
AIBA / WSB PR & Communications Director
T. +41 21 321 2779
M. +41 79 794 4496
E. paul.oneil@aiba.org

About the WSB

Ushering in a new era in boxing, the World Series of Boxing is a new global boxing series that is an initiative of AIBA, the International Boxing Association, under the leadership of its president Dr. C.K. Wu. The World Series of Boxing will bring together the best of the amateur and professional boxing worlds. Not only will it be the first truly global professional-style boxing tournament, it will also allow all participants to retain their eligibility to participate in the Olympic Games.

The WSB will comprise 12 city-based Franchise teams spread across three regional conferences: Asia, the Americas and Europe. During the regular season (November 2010 to March 2011), teams in each conference will compete against each other over two home and two away legs (a total of 12 matches per team).

Boxing squads will consist of between 10 and 20 boxers, with a cap on the maximum number of national boxers and a requirement to field between 3 and 6 non-national boxers according to squad size.

The top team from each conference, plus the best second-placed team, will then go through to the play-off series to compete for a place in the team championship final in Macau, China. Separate individual championships will also be held for the best boxers in each of the five weight divisions (54kg, 61kg, 73kg, 85kg, and 91+ kg).

The four Asian franchises were signed in January at the AIBA Executive Committee meeting in Xiamen, China. The teams will be based in Astana (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Beijing (China) and Delhi (India).

The first two European franchises are confirmed as Moscow, Russia and Milan, Italy. Agreements with Istanbul and Paris are in the pipeline.

Negotiations are ongoing in the US with a number of interested parties.