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The Pan Asian Boxing Association, PABA, is made up of institutions legally
incorporated throughout the Central Asia, Eurasia, Orient, Far East-Asia, Oceania
and Pan Pacific region to rule, control and supervise professional boxing in their
jurisdiction.
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The PABA shall promulgate and apply rules to guarantee its efficiency and uniformity
to approve boxing matches under its control, and to regulate any other matter
related to boxing.
The members of the PABA, by sole fact of being such members, accept all decisions
related to the PABA championship matches and other matters contained in its Constitution,
Bylaws and Regulations.
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A PABA Champion recognized by this Association shall reign supreme in his category
and must be ready to meet any rated challenger at all times.
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The PABA shall adopt PABA Championship Belts as a distinctive symbol of the
PABA champion in each category. These belts shall be awarded to the champion for
the purpose of being exhibited at each of his match.
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This Association establish and recognize PABA Championship matches in each
weight category which is established in its regulations and shall recognize as
title holders of same those professional boxers who have obtained such recognition
under the PABA championship rules and regulation adopted by this Association.
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The recognition of a professional boxer as a PABA champion in any of the weight
categories may be suspended or revoked by this Association because of a proven
violation of the Rules and Regulations which govern the PABA Championships, the
Constitution and Bylaws of the PABA.
This Association may also penalize a PABA champion or any boxers rated in
the PABA Ratings because of conduct which injures and good name, integrity and
prestige of professional boxing or because of any act against the fundamental
principles of ethics or morals of this sports duly proven by the PABA.
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All PABA championship fights recognized by this Association shall be Twelve(12)
round. Each round shall be last three(3) minutes with one(1) minute rest between
round.
Nevertheless, this Association grants Eleven(11) round duration in its discretion
when a local Commission or promoter requests sanction to hold a PABA championship
match in conjunction with another regional entity's title for promotional purpose
and or to hold a significant fight for boxing world at which our presence is desirable.
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All PABA champions shall defend the title when required and as it has been
established by the PABA Championship Rules and Regulations
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A PABA Championship can only be obtained as the result of a match authorized
by this Association.
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No boxer recognized as PABA champion in any of the categories shall be permitted
to hold more than one PABA title at the same time. In the event that PABA champion
wins the fight of the other category title, he must relinquish one of the title
within the ten(10) following days on which he obtained the new title.
Failure to present the document relinquishing the title within the ten(10)
days after the fight shall be sufficient cause withdrawal of the recognition by
the PABA as title holder of both categories.
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A PABA champion shall not participate in a non-title bouts or in a bout for
another entity unless he has been granted a Special Permit by the PABA.
In the event that a champion participates in bout without having been granted
by the Special Permit, he shall automatically lose recognition as a PABA champion
and in consequence the title respective category shall become vacant.
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If a PABA champion who has been granted by Special Permission to participate
in a non-title bout or a bout for another entity loses the bout, his PABA championship
title shall be declared vacant.
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Every PABA champion, except the Heavyweight champion, must defend his title
at interval of no more than nine(9) months from the date on which the title was
obtained, or from the date on which the last defence of the title was held against
the leading available contender of his category.
The Heavyweight champion must defend his title at interval of no more than twelve(12)
months from the date on which the title was obtained, or from the date on which
the last defence of the title was held against the leading available contender
of his category.
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In the interim period between the mandatory defences a PABA champion is required
to enter into minimum two(2) voluntary defences against any opponent selected
from the list of the PABA's current Ratings.
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When a boxer obtains the title of PABA champion in an elimination fight for
a vacant title he must defend the title against the leading available contender
of his category within no more than ninety(90) days from the date on which he
obtained the title.
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In the event that a PABA champion loses his title against a contender who was
not the leading contender, the new champion must defend his title within no more
than (90) days from the date on which he obtains the title against the leading
available contender of his category.
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4. Interim Championship
Match
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Sanction
In case a PABA champion should fail to make his minimum number of the title defenses,
the president of this Association, at his sole discretion, will order and grant
an Interim championship match between most eligible and available contenders not
only for the activation of the category but for the most benefit of contenders
rated therein.
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Priority and obligation
The Interim champion is entitled first priority to fight the champion's mandatory
defense of his category.
Nevertheless, he may apply sanction to have his Interim title defense match by
waiving the priority if he wises to do.
However his Interim title shall be vacant if he should not fight to the champion
within 9 months since the date he has obtained the Interim championship title.
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for the vacant title
In case of a title vacant the Interim champion of the corresponding category is
entitled to be declared new champion.
Nevertheless the president, at his sole discretion, will order Interim champion
to fight an elimination match to fill the vacancy against a leading contender
who shall be nominated by this Association.
If the Interim champion refuses to fight the elimination match without any justified
reason he shall lose his status in the PABA
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All the PABA championship rules and regulations shall be applied to the Interim
champion and Interim Championship match.
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If a PABA champion fails to comply with his obligation to defend the title
by the date indicated in the Regulations or to comply with his obligations for
a PABA championship fight, the General Secretary shall recommend to the President
that his title be declared vacant.
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Any clause in agreements for the PABA championship fights which contains provisions
that ensures or premises any of contenders a PABA championship rematch shall be
void.
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If a championship match ends in a tie or if such match is extremely close,
and there is a controversial decision, the Director General, at his discretion,
may recommend to the President that the two boxers be ordered to fight again for
the title within a period to be set by the President.
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A PABA championship may be lost because of breach of contract for a PABA title
match, because of inability to fight or to meet the required weight or for any
other reasons established in the Regulations to govern the PABA championship match.
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In the event that a PABA champion has contracted for the World Boxing Association's
championship match or contracted for either WBA's elimination bout or WBA's Box-Off
tournament match to determine the WBA mandatory challenger, his PABA title shall
be vacant on the date of the contract has been approved by the WBA.
In addition, if a PABA champion has contracted to fight another world boxing entity's
championship match, which of being recognized by the PABA as a world sanctioning
body, his PABA title shall be vacant on the date of contract has been signed by
the PABA champion.
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In the event that a PABA championship is declared vacant, the two(2) leading
available contenders shall meet each other in a title fight, and for this they
shall be granted a period of no more than 30 days to negotiate an agreement with
a duly qualified promoters registered with the PABA.
Failure to negotiate the agreement within the time indicated shall cause to call
a Purse Bid therefore in accordance with the procedure established hereunder.
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8. The Leading Available
Contenders
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The leading available contender shall be selected by the Director General according
to the current PABA Ratings.
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| - Minimumweight |
up to 105 lbs |
47.630 kgs |
| - Light Flyweight |
up to 108 lbs |
48.990 kgs |
| - Flyweight |
up to 112 lbs |
50.800 kgs |
| - Super Flyweight |
up to 115 lbs |
52.160 kgs |
| - Bantamweight |
up to 118 lbs |
53.520 kgs |
| - Super Bantamweight |
up to 122 lbs |
55.340 kgs |
| - Featherweight |
up to 126 lbs |
57.150 kgs |
| - Super Featherweight |
up to 130 lbs |
58.970 kgs |
| - Lightweight |
up to 135 lbs |
61.230 kgs |
| - Super Lightweight |
up to 140 lbs |
63.500 kgs |
| - Welterweight |
up to 147 lbs |
66.680 kgs |
| - Super Welterweight |
up to 154 lbs |
69.850 kgs |
| - Middleweight |
up to 160 lbs |
72.570 kgs |
| - Super Middleweight |
up to 168 lbs |
76.200 kgs |
| - Light Heavyweight |
up to 175 lbs |
79.380 kgs |
| - Cruiserweight |
up to 200 lbs |
90.710 kgs |
| - Heavyweight |
+ 200 lbs |
+ 90.710 kgs |
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Weight shall determine category. If any of contenders, either champion or challenger,
should fail to make the indicated weight limit for the category at the time of
official weigh-in, each one of them, or both, shall be given two(2) additional
hours to make the required weight.
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If the champion should fail to make the required weight, after the two(2) additional
hours, he shall lose the title at that time by the official scale for the weigh-in
and the match shall go on as programmed providing that the challenger has made
the prescribed weight.
Under these circumstances if the challenger wins the match, he shall be crowned
as the new champion, but if the champion who did not make the weight requirements
should win the match the PABA title shall be declared vacant.
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If the champion makes the weight and the challenger fails to do so, the champion
retain the title even if he loses the match.
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If both contenders should fails to make the prescribed weight, after the two(2)
additional hours, the title shall be declared vacant and the match will take place
as a non-title fight.
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The scale to be used in the official weigh-in must be available to both contenders
two(2) hours prior to the time of the official weigh-in.
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The official weighing in of the PABA championship match shall be carried out
the day before the fight between 16:00 - 20:00 hours.
In case of force majeurer or unforeseen circumstances, which could not be
foreseen by either of parties in a program which includes a PABA title match,
and which must be postponed for no more forty-eight(48) hours, it will not be
necessary to have a new weighing in. If the cause of the postponement is a weather
condition or circumstance which could be resolved in less than two(2) hours, no
decision shall be taken before the expiration of this time. Any decision regarding
postponements shall be made by the Supervisor in agreement with the local commission.
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The Regulations governing the weight and weigh-in for the PABA title match
shall be also applied to the elimination match for the vacant title to determine
a new champion.
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The PABA must be paid, no later than Twenty(20) days prior to the date on
which the PABA championship match will be held, sanction fees by the promoter
together with the relevant contracts for the title match:
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promoter's annual registration
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special permit fee, in case of required |
A table of the PABA fees are established by the President in yearly basis. |
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If a match is not carried out after it has been sanctioned, neither promoter's
annual fee nor sanction fee shall be reimbursed by the PABA, except for justified
causes of force majeure in the opinion of the President.
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In case promoter and/or the champion should fail to pay the corresponding
sanction fee after the completion of the championship bout, the championship title
shall be declared vacant unless the PABA is paid the sanction fee within the next
7 business day together with an additional penalty fee for delay in the sum of
U$.1,000.
In the event the promoter and/or the champion fails to pay the corresponding fee
after the lapse of seven(7) business days, the promoter and or the champion concerned
shall be subject to disciplinary action by the PABA. |
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Any PABA champion may request through the Director General a special permission
or exception for the following:
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to carry out the voluntary defence of the title when the mandatory period
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to fight for another category of the PABA title, |
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to fight for a title match in a similar or different category of another entity, |
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to carry out a fight of importance and significance for the boxing world at
which the presence of the PABA is desirable, |
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to fight a non title bout, |
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to extend the regulatory term of the obligatory fight. |
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These permits shall be granted with conditions for the best interests of the
parties involved and by the fact of accepting and fighting under such permission.
These conditions oblige both the champion and challenger.
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In these cases the champion should submit in writing the reasons for requesting
such permission.
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A table of the special permit fees are established by the President.
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13. Supervisor and Officials,
referee and judge
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The President of the PABA shall attend or he shall appoint a Supervisor, representing
to this Association, to attend any PABA championship match. The duties of the
Supervisor shall be to assist the local Commission to carry out the match and
to ensure that all the rules and regulations of the PABA championship match are
applied.
The supervisor of a PABA championship match represents the PABA and its President.
The supervisor must report on all that occurred during the match for which he
was appointed immediately after the match was taken place.
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The promoter is obliged to pay for business class air fare as well as meals
and hotel accommodation in a first class hotel for the supervisor.
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The supervisor is empowered to solve all matters regarding the holding and
development of the match and which arises as unforeseen circumstances requiring
immediate solution and for which there is no time to consult or request the President's
opinion.
The Supervisor's decision in these exceptional cases is final.
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The promoter shall make all necessary arrangements for this rules to be complied
with.
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The office of the Director General of the PABA shall keep an updated list of
officials who are qualified by the PABA to officiate championship match.
These officials, referees and judges, shall be appointed by the President and
shall number four(4) : one(1) referee who shall not keep score and three(3) scoring
judges.
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The supervisor and officials shall be compensated by the promoter for their
time and cooperation in carrying out the match in accordance with the table of
officials fees established by the President in yearly basis.
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All officials and supervisor must be at the country where the match will take
place three(3) days prior to the match. The promoter shall make all necessary
arrangement for this rules to be complied with.
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The promoter shall be responsible for all medical and relevant expenses if
any or both contestants are injured and or need medication or hospitalization
in the country where the match took place as a result of the PABA championship
match.
In case the promoter fails to fully settle the expenses, the national boxing body
shall cover the expenses as maybe warranted from its fund, Boxer's Relief Fund
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The use of drugs or stimulants by the boxers before or during the match is
absolutely prohibited. The discretionary use of vaseline around the eyes shall
be allowed.
During the fight the boxers are only allowed to use pure water.
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The discretional use of hemostatic fluid is permitted between rounds, such
as a solution of adrenaline of one per thousand (1/1000), approved by the ring
physician with the object of controlling bleeding of minor cuts and bruises received
by either of contenders.
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The ring physician may only step up to the ring to examine a boxer's injury
when he was asked by the referee to do so and may advise his opinion on the injury
to the referee.
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The weight of gloves to be used for the PABA championship match shall be as
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from Minimumweight
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from Bantamweight
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from Super Welterweight up to and included Heavyweight |
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The champion and challenger selected by the President and or contenders selected
by the President for the vacant PABA title shall have no more than thirty(30)
days to reach an agreement for the mandatory match or for the vacant title to
determine a new champion.
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If the champion and the challenger and or the contenders selected for the vacant
title match do not come to an agreement during the period granted by the PABA,
it shall have the approval of the PABA President to open a purse bid for the match.
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At any bid, and in addition to the sanction fee, each of the promoters or participating
corporations shall pay a Bid Service Fee of one thousand (1,000) Dollars of United
States currency in cash must be paid at the time the proposal is submitted. This
sum will not be reimbursed since it is established to cover expenses incurred
by the PABA in processing the Bid.
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The Bid shall be conducted by the President of this Association or by the person
whom he appoints on the day and time and place indicated in the convocation for
the Bid.
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Only the bonafide promoters who are registered with this Association may participate
in a Purse Bid.
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Qualified bidders should present the following to participate in the Bid
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One thousand U.S. Dollars cash covering to the service fee, |
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A documents which authorizes a representative of the promoter or of the corporation
participating in the Bid if the proposed bidder cannot attend to, |
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Cash payable to the Director General of the PABA, in legal currency of the
U.S.A. Dollars, for an amount equivalent to twenty(20) percent of the total purse
offered to the both boxers.
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This twenty(20) percent will be return to the promoter after the match is
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It is recommended that these amounts be placed in sealed envelope in which
the Bid Form is included. |
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The proposal must indicate the site and the date of the match on which should
not be more than sixty(60) days nor less than forty-five (45) days from the date
of the Purse Bid unless a specified date of period has been indicated in announcement
of the relevant Bidding. |
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the Purse Bid and the proposal(s) of the participant(s) shall be open in public
at the time indicated even a sole bidder participated in. |
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The PABA shall prepare the Bid Form which contains the requirements to be complied
with at the Purse Bids conducted by the PABA.
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The purse indicated in the Bid for the both boxers shall be distributed as
follow :
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Mandatory fight- the champion shall receive seventy (70) percent and the challenger
shall receive thirty (30) percent. |
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Elimination fight - the both boxers shall receive fifty (50) percent each. |
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In the event that the favored promoter, a winner of the Bid, should fail,
without justified cause in the President's opinion, to promote the fight on the
date indicated the money paid by the promoter corresponding to the twenty(20)
percent of the proposal shall be distributed as follow :
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-for the champion fifty(50) percent
-for the challenger, or Interim champion, forty(40) percent
-for the PABA ten(10) percent |
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Both the champion and the challenger, and or the contenders for an elimination
match to determine a new champion, shall be obliged to comply with the provisions
indicated therein.
If the champion should refuse to comply with the commitment of the Bid the title
shall be declared vacant. In this case, the leading available contender shall
be called to fill the vacancy for the corresponding title.
If the challenger should refuse to comply with, he shall lose this status. In
this case, the PABA shall call the leading available contenders to fight for the
title, except if special circumstances exist which justify granting an exception.
If one of the contenders who will fight for the elimination match to determine
a new champion should refuse to comply with the commitment of the Bid, he will
lose his status. In this case the PABA shall call the next leading available contender
to fight for the vacant title. |
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If no promoter should participate in the Bid of mandatory match the champion
then shall be free to fight an eligible contender for his voluntary defense.
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The minimum amount to be offered in a Bidding process shall be established
by the President in the necessary Bidding Procedures.
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18. Regional organizations
unified title
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Definition of unified title with other regional organization(s)
The Pan Asian Boxing Association, PABA, will grant sanction to a PABA champion
to fight against champion of another regional organization recognized by the PABA
with condition that all the PABA championship rules and regulations shall be applied
to the unification match.
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Unified title defense
The unified champion recognized by the PABA will be in obligation to make periodical
mandatory title defense against official challenger designated by the PABA.
In the intermediate period between mandatory defenses the unified champion is
required to defend the title, minimum two(2) times, against any opponent chosen
from the official ratings list of the PABA or of the organization recognized and
with the approval of those organization. |
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Non-recognition of unified champion
In those cases where the unified champion should lose recognition of another organization
or relinquish the title of other organization, the unified champion will no longer
be recognized as such but can remain the regional champion of the PABA if he should
have completion of all his necessary obligations.
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19. SuperChampionship
Title
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The PABA will grant the recognition of SuperChampion to those PABA champions
who are accredited with Seven(7) consecutive title defense matches after he/she
acquired the corresponding category of PABA championship title. |
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The designated SuperChampion is obliged to make mandatory defense of the SuperChampionship
Title in a period of every five(5) month against a boxer recognized by the PABA. |
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Only one SuperChampion shall be recognized in each weight division. Therefore
if a champion in this weight division where a SuperChampion designated by the
PABA has accredited his Sixth(6th) consecutive title defense matches then SuperChampion
must fight to the champion for the Superchampionship title unless otherwise. |
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If a SuperChampion participates in a non-title bout or any other boxing bouts,
except a world championship title(s) recognized by this Association, without having
been granted a Special Permission by the PABA then his Superchamp- -ionship title
shall be automatically vacated. |
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After designation of SuperChampion by the President an elimination match to
fill the vacancy of the corresponding division shall be proceeded in accordance
with the current championship regulations concerned. |
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The Rules and Regulations governing PABA championship match inclusive PABA
fees shall be applied to the Superchampionship match unless specified in this
Article 19. |
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The regulations of the PABA championship match may be amended at any time with
regard to any of its parts by means of favorable vote of two thirds (2/3) of the
members of the Executive Committee.
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21. Conflict with Local
Laws
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No provision contained in these regulations shall prevail over any member commission
in the event that it is incompatible or contrary to the legislation which governs
in the respective territory. However, the Rules and Regulations which govern the
PABA championship matches approved by this Association shall be of obligatory
compliance and shall prevail over any local rules and provisions in said matches.
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In order to make compliance of the forgoing article effective, all applicants
for sanction of the PABA championship match shall be accompanied by a signed declaration
by the promoter and the respective boxers undertaking that the match will be governed
by the Rules and Regulations of the PABA championship match.
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