They have now fighters like Usyk, Lomachenko, Sapiyev (Val Barker winner this time), Russo, Valentino, Medzhidov, Pulev, etc.
You could see the ABP as some sort of UFC, but with the chance to get to the Olympics and represent your country, and a yearly salary from the ABP and from their National Boxing Federations and some bonus instead of being paid per fight like the UFC does.
They have signed lots of fighters countries from countries like Azerbaijan, Kazaks, Italians, all of the Ukraine medallists, etc, etc.
And they are trying to convince the Cuban Boxing Federation and the Goverment of Cuba, to let their fighters fight at the ABP, and till now, they haven't received a "no". Let's remember they had Chinese fighters at the World Series of Boxing.
good article about that
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/O...#axzz23D8ZEinZ
And in this article you can understand the mindset of the fighters that have now sign with the ABP.
Italian superstars take APB to another level
Charismatic Lightweight (60kg) Domenico Valentino and Heavyweight (91kg) Clemente Russo have today signed five year contracts with AIBA Professional Boxing (APB), further underlining the popularity of the new programme amongst the world's top boxers.
Valentino said: "I was never convinced to turn pro until I was offered this opportunity by APB. I feel safer staying under the same governance and within my National Federation. I know how many fights I will have per year and how much I will get from them. There is no uncertainty, all is guaranteed. I can't wait for APB to start."
Clemente Russo- "Turning pro in boxing is never easy to decide, especially when you have had a successful Olympic boxing career", declared Russo. "I am thrilled with the career I have had so far, I know what pro-style boxing is about thanks to two seasons in World Series of Boxing, and I now feel ready and happy to join APB, knowing that I will never be left aside."
http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4937/news.aspx
And many of the fighters that fought at World Series of Boxing, like Terrel Gausha, Nevin, Russo and many others have now Pro Records thanks to the WSB and Fightfax the "The record keeping standard for boxing" that Promotional Companies use.
http://www.maxboxing.com/news/sub-le...oxing-fighters
You could see the ABP as some sort of UFC, but with the chance to get to the Olympics and represent your country, and a yearly salary from the ABP and from their National Boxing Federations and some bonus instead of being paid per fight like the UFC does.
They have signed lots of fighters countries from countries like Azerbaijan, Kazaks, Italians, all of the Ukraine medallists, etc, etc.
And they are trying to convince the Cuban Boxing Federation and the Goverment of Cuba, to let their fighters fight at the ABP, and till now, they haven't received a "no". Let's remember they had Chinese fighters at the World Series of Boxing.
good article about that
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/O...#axzz23D8ZEinZ
And in this article you can understand the mindset of the fighters that have now sign with the ABP.
Italian superstars take APB to another level
Charismatic Lightweight (60kg) Domenico Valentino and Heavyweight (91kg) Clemente Russo have today signed five year contracts with AIBA Professional Boxing (APB), further underlining the popularity of the new programme amongst the world's top boxers.
Valentino said: "I was never convinced to turn pro until I was offered this opportunity by APB. I feel safer staying under the same governance and within my National Federation. I know how many fights I will have per year and how much I will get from them. There is no uncertainty, all is guaranteed. I can't wait for APB to start."
Clemente Russo- "Turning pro in boxing is never easy to decide, especially when you have had a successful Olympic boxing career", declared Russo. "I am thrilled with the career I have had so far, I know what pro-style boxing is about thanks to two seasons in World Series of Boxing, and I now feel ready and happy to join APB, knowing that I will never be left aside."
http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4937/news.aspx
And many of the fighters that fought at World Series of Boxing, like Terrel Gausha, Nevin, Russo and many others have now Pro Records thanks to the WSB and Fightfax the "The record keeping standard for boxing" that Promotional Companies use.
http://www.maxboxing.com/news/sub-le...oxing-fighters
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