Today the World Series of Boxing draft was held during
the rest day of the AIBA World Championships, which has already
seen 12 WSB boxers qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games
through the competition. The following 25 boxers were chosen by
each Franchise for the 2011-2012 season:
WSB took this opportunity to welcome two new franchises, the
Mumbai Fighters from India and the Leipzig Leopards from Germany.
AIBA President and WSB Chairman, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, signed a
Declaration of Cooperation with Mr. Jürgen Kyas from the German
Boxing Federation and Mr. Marco Schulze, General Manager of the
Leipzig Leopards. "It is a great opportunity for us to be part of
this fantastic product, WSB is the dawn of something special in the
sport of boxing and we want to be part of it", stated Mr.
Schulze.
Fifteen months after the first international draft was held in
London, where 87 international boxers were chosen to fill the
required quota of non-national squad members, 25 more were again
drafted from a list of 67 available athletes representing almost 30
countries from all five continents.
The teams satisfied with the current level of their respective
squads only chose to make minor adjustments to their team
rosters.
Amongst the 25 boxers drafted, there were World Champions, Youth
Olympic Games Champions, World Youth Champions, World Junior
Champions, Continental Champions and many National Champions.
The draft was presided by Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President and
WSB Chairman, in front of the National Federations and the
international press.
First round
Mumbai Fighters - Abbos Atoyev (UZB - Middleweight 73kg)
Leipzig Leopards - Balazs Backsai (HUN - Middleweight 73kg)
Pohang Poseidons - Victar Zuyeu (BLR - Heavyweight 91kg)
Beijing Dragons - Joseph Parker (NZL - Heavyweight 91kg)
Dynamo Moscow - Anvar Yusunov (TJK - Bantamweight 54kg)
Istanbulls - decided to pass
Mexico City Guerreros - Tervel Pulev (HUN - Heavyweight
91kg)
Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder - Veaceslav Gojan (MDA -
Bantamweight 54kg)
Los Angeles Matadors - Siarhei Karneyev (BLR - Light Heavyweight
85kg)
Baku Fires - Madadi Nagzibekov (TJK - Lightweight 61 kg)
Astana Arlans - Joe Ward (IRL - Light Heavyweight 85kg)
Paris United - Ljubomir Marjanovic (SRB - Lightweight 61kg)
Second round
Mumbai Fighters - Damian Hooper (AUS - Light Heavyweight
85kg)
Leipzig Leopards - Aleksandr Riscan (MDA - Bantamweight
54kg)
Pohang Poseidons - decided to pass
Beijing Dragons - Mirzokit Abdullayev (UZB - Light Heavyweight
85kg)
Dynamo Moscow - decided to pass
Istanbulls - decided to pass
Mexico City Guerreros - Hurshid Tajibaev (UZB - Lightweight
61kg)
Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder - Romaric Ngoulla Tangoum
(CMR - Heavyweight 91kg)
Los Angeles Matadors - Zaal Kvachatadze (GEO - Middleweight
73kg)
Baku Fires - decided to pass
Astana Arlans - decided to pass
Paris United - Luke Boyd (AUS - Bantamweight 54kg)
Third round
Mumbai Fighters - Patrick Gallagher (IRL - Middleweight
73kg)
Leipzig - decided to pass
Pohang Poseidons - decided to pass
Beijing Dragons - decided to pass
Dynamo Moscow - decided to pass
Mexico City Guerreros - decided to pass
Milano Thunder - decided to pass
Los Angeles Matadors - decided to pass
Baku Fires - decided to pass
Astana Arlans - decided to pass
Paris United - decided to pass
Fourth round
Mumbai Fighters - Sardor Begaliyev (UZB - Light Heavyweight
85kg)
Leipzig Leopards - decided to pass
Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder - decided to pass
Los Angeles Matadors - Levan Guledani (GEO - Light Heavyweight
85kg)
Fifth round
Mumbai Fighters - Raymond Moylett (IRL - Lightweight 61kg)
Los Angeles Matadors - decided to pass
Draft procedure
The draft begins with a draw between the new franchises to
determine the order of picks. The remaining draft order is then
based on the previous season's ranking.
The first round of the draft starts with each franchise
having the opportunity to choose a boxer from the 'Boxer Draft
List'. Each taking turns, the franchises have a strict maximum of
five minutes to choose an athlete per round. Franchises are allowed
to pass their turn. Once the franchise representative announces the
drafted boxer, the next team repeats the process. Surpassing the
allocated time means a forfeit of the round.
The draft ends once all franchises have passed their turn
twice.
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