ASIAN Boxing Confederation President Serik Konakbayev of Kazakhstan announced the winners of the Asia’ Best in Boxing Awards for 2016, which included three Filipinos.
ABAP’s 2014 discovery Criztian Pitt Laurente,16 years old of General Santos City, was cited as Best Junior Boxer in Asia for 2016 for his spectacular Gold Medal win in the Children of Asia Tournament held in Yakutsk, Russia last July. Laurente won the only gold medal for the Philippines in that competition, where Filipinos competed in 9 different sports.
Long-time ABAP head coach Patricio Gaspi was acknowledged as the Best Asian Coach, while the Best Supervisor in Asia is Maria Karina Picson, who passed the ITO (International Technical Official) Course and Examinations in Antalya, Turkey in 2011 and the AIBA Supervisor’s Course and Examinations in 2015 in Almaty Kazakhstan.
