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2025 Universal
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JANUARY 7, 2026 /
BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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It is time for the
2025
Universal Boxing Organization™
(UBO) Awards. After another good year
with many excellent fights and new champions, we have ten
categories with deserved and credible
winners.
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Below we
list the winners of the various categories, but if
you are one of the boxers, managers, promoters
etc. involved with the UBO in 2025
who do not receive an
award, please know that you are still very much
appreciated.
The
recipients are as follows:
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Octavio Pudivitr (Portugal)
UBO World Cruiserweight Champion.
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Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
world
Cruiserweight champion Octavio Pudivitr
(16-2, 11 KOs) is the 2025 UBO Boxer of the
Year.
This
honour comes as a result of Pudivitr
becoming a two-weight UBO world champion,
having held the Light Heavyweight title
(2023) before winning the Cruiserweight
crown last June.
“Tank”
Pudivitr dominated and stopped extremely
experienced and accomplished Argentinian
Ruben Eduardo Acosta in three rounds, a
very impressive result.
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It was his sixth
straight win, all by stoppage, since moving up in
weight.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Alessio Bisutti
(Defending UBO Inter-Continental and winning UBO
world Heavyweight title), Deonte Walker
(winning and defending the UBO International
Welterweight title), Mikael Arutyunyan
(winning the UBO world Super Bantamweight title),
Karol Mazariegos (winning UBO
world Flyweight title).
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Ege Konuk W10 Chaiyapong Phongwankittikun
UBO Youth Super Lightweight Title
(May 31, Bangkok).
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With the
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Youth
Super Lightweight title on the line, Ege
Konuk (14-1, 8 KOs) and Chaiyapong
Phongwankittikun (10-0, 9 KOs) put on an
amazing fight on May 31 in Bangkok,
Thailand.
It was
back and forth,
toe-to-toe action
from start to finish between two excellent
up-and-comers, with every round being
close.
It was
Konuk who got the Majority Decision
(95-94, 95-94 and 95-95)
after
ten rounds of war,
despite suffering a fourth round
knock-down, but this could just as easily
have gone Phongwankittikun´s way.
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A genuine
barn-burner, this is without a doubt the 2025 UBO
Fight of the Year!
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Jesus Haro D12
Geremys Batista (UBO world Minimuweight
title, November 7, La Estrella, Colombia),
Gilberto Mendoza W12 Julian Bohorquez
(UBO world Light Flyweight title, July 19,
Medellin, Colombia), Sebastiano Argiolas
W8 Claudiu Lacatus (UBO International
Super Welterweight title, December 13, Serdiana,
Italy).
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Tunal Academy
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Tunal
Academy was involved in numerous
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
championship fight and events, in various
countries, during 2025.
A very
ambitious and active outfit, Tunal Academy
has promoted or co-promoted almost seventy
events in less than three years,
and have
more than 100 boxers signed.
By
fighters for fighters, it is run by active
French pro boxers Baris Erdogan (CEO),
Florent Dervis (COO) and Thomas
Guillemette (CFO),
in
collaboration with Quentin Arroupe (CCO).
We
hereby acknowledge and reward their
efforts with the 2025 UBO Promoter of the
Year Award.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: TC2 Boxing
(Chile), FCC Promotion
(Thailand), 15th
Round Promotions (USA),
Jeter Promotions
(USA), Massimiliano Duran
(Italy), TL Boxing Promotion
(Thailand), Highland Boxing
(Thailand).
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Pasquale Barile KO 3 Patrizio Santini
UBO Youth Welterweight Title,
April 11, Rome, Italy.
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Pasquale
Barile came in as the underdog when he
fought compatriot Patrizio Santini for the
vacant
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Youth
Welterweight title on April 11 in Rome.
With a
record of 7-4, and no stoppages on his
resume, it looked like a tough task, and
very unlikely that Barile would be able to
stop the 13-2 home-man.
But
never the less, this was the night when
Pasquale Barile became a devastating
puncher, as he completely, and
spectacularly, destroyed Santini in the
third round.
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This was the UBO
2025 Knockout of the Year!
Since, Barile,
now 12-4 (4), has scored three more knockouts, two
of them against undefeated foes who were both 9-0,
and even added the IBF Youth Lightweight title to
his collection.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Bekman Soilybayev TKO4
Abeid Zugo (UBO world Super Featherweight
title, February 23, Aktau, Kazakhstan),
Immanuwel Aleem TKO9 Demond Nicholson
(UBO Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight title,
July 26, Hanover, Maryland, USA), Samatali
Toltayev KO1 Abdulazizbek Najmiddinov
(UBO world Lightweight title, July 11, Almaty,
Kazakhstan).
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Rachel Lally (Ireland)
UBO International Super Middleweight
Champion.
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Four
fights into her pro career, Rachel Lally
is the
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
International Super Middleweight champion
and the UBO 2025 Prospect of the Year.
Lally
(3-0-1, 1 KO), from Ireland but based in
Dubai, beat fellow undefeated Leila Yusuph
Macho from Tanzania to win the UBO title
on November 9.
With a
convincing performance and a clear
unanimous decision, the highly regarded
southpaw proved that she is already
world-class.
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As UBO
International titlist, and clearly capable beyond
her experience, she could soon find herself in a
fight for the UBO world title.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Samir Khan
(UBO Youth Super Flyweight champion),
Nursultan Smail (UBO Inter-Continental
Super Lightweight champion), Yousef Ali
(UBO M:E.N.A. Super Featherweight
champion), Shoucheng Jiang (UBO
International Super Bantamweight champion),
Aaron Garcia (UBO
Inter-Continental Bantamweight champion).
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Vladimir Georgiev (Bulgaria)
UBO World Super Middleweight
Champion.
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Winning
the UBO world Super Middleweight title by
beating Ronny Londaeta makes Bulgaria´s
Vladimir Georgiev the
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
2025 New
Champion of the Year.
On July
19 in Sveti Vlas, Bularia, Georgiev scored
the biggest win of his career, and did so
convincingly, in front of thousands of
spectators at the Amphitheatre Arena.
After
coming up short in big fights previously,
Georgiev (14-4, 3 KOs) finally prevailed
with a clear unanimous decision.
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Another example
that continuing to believe in yourself will take
you a long way, not only in boxing but in life in
general.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Yuri Sakunts
(UBO world Super Welterweight champion),
Marcial Carrion (UBO Continental (South
America) Welterweight champion), Balaussa
Muzdiman (UBO world Super Flyweight
champion), Anyela Lopez (UBO
world Super Bantamweight champion),
Patricio Carrion (UBO Continental (South
America) Super Lightweight champion),
Ashot Srapyan (UBO Inter-Continental
Super Welterweight champion), Antonio
Carlesimo (UBO International Heavyweight
champion).
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Global Boxing Series
FCC
Promotion & Highland Boxing Promotion, Bangkok,
Thailand October 25.
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For the
second straight year, the
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Event of
the Year Award goes to FCC Promotion and
Highland Boxing Promotions in Thailand.
On
October 25 at the World Siam Stadium in
Bangkok, the two promotional power-houses
collaborated on a massive show, billed as
Global Boxing Series.
The
19-bout-card featured three UBO title
fights and two additional championship
fights, and was broadcast live world-wide
on Pay-Per-View by Triller+.
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Reymond Yanong,
from the Philippines, beat Thai Alphisit Nulae to
become UBO Continental (Asia) Welterweight
champion, Aekkaphob Auraiwan won the UBO
Continental (Asia) Heavyweight crown defeating
fellow Thai Weerapat Kamlangwai, and Iranian
underdog Mahdi Sarbaz upset Filipino
Elmo Traya for
the same title at Super Welter.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: UBO
Double-header in Hanover, Maryland, July 26
(Jeter Promotions), Vladimir Georgiev vs.
Ronny Landaeta, (Max Fight Promotion,
Sveti Vlas, Bulgaria, July 19), UBO
triple-header in Dubai, November 9
(Grassroots Boxing), Marcial Carrion vs.
Santiago Javier Bazan (TC2 Boxing,
November 1, Iquique, Chile), Patricio
Carrion vs. Dilan Meneses (TC2 Boxing,
August 16, Iquique, Chile).
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COMEBACK BOXER OF THE YEAR |
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Mahdi Sarbaz (Iran)
UBO Continental (Asia) Super Welterweight
Champion.
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Mahdi
Sarbaz, from Iran but based in Thailand, was
a shoo-in for the
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Comeback
of the Year Award.
With
three straight losses, albeit against very
good opponents, he was entering the “Last
Chance Saloon” when he fought Filipino
Elmo Traya for the vacant UBO Continental
(Asia) Super Welterweight title on October
25 in Bangkok.
Sarbaz,
knowing he had his back against the wall,
put on an excellent performance to stop
Traya in five rounds.
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29-year-old
Sarbaz, a former WBC regional titlist, took his
record to 6-4 (5), statistics which are
quite misleading when you consider his quality and
potential.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Eva Cecilia Santoscoy
(UBO world Bantamweight champion), Ahmed
Obaid (UBO International Flyweight
champion), Gilberto Mendoza
(UBO world Light Flyweight champion),
Sarah French (UBO International
Welterweight champion).
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ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE YEAR |
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Eva Cecilia Santoscoy (Mexico)
UBO World Bantameight Champion.
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Mexico´s
Eva Cecilia Santoscoy gets the 2025
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Accomplishment of the Year Award.
In March
Santoscoy won the UBO International
Bantamweight title by out-pointing tough
co-challenger Kandy Sandoval.
Seven
months later, in October, she captured the
vacant UBO world Bantamweight title with a
unanimous decision over Guadalupe Garcia.
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Improving her
record to a deceivingly modest 12-9 (7), Santoscoy
completely resurrected her career by winning two
UBO titles in 2025, something no other boxer
accomplished.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Alessio Bisutti
(retaining UBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight title
and winning UBO world Heavyweight titlle),
Rachel Lally (winning UBO International
Super Middleweight title in fourth pro bout),
Deonte Walker (winning and
retaining UBO International Welterweight title).
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SPECIAL TRIBUTE OF THE YEAR |
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Ahmed Obaid (Italy)
UBO International Flyweight
Champion.
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The 2025
Universal
Boxing Organization™
(UBO)
Special
Tribute
of the Year is awarded to UBO
International Flyweight champion Ahmed
Obaid.
Palestinian-born Obaid won the UBO title
on June 19 in Ferrara, Italy, defeating
Venezuelan Rafael Marquez by unanimous
decision.
A pro
since 2019, he started
his
career with a 2-6-2 run,
and
is living proof that never giving up can
take you to great heights!
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Now 8-7-3 (1),
Obaid has gone 6-1-1 in his last eight
and recently
added the Italian national title to his resume
with a victory over 6-0 Vincenzo Rossi.
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HONOURABLE MENTION: Mahdi Sarbaz
(UBO Continental (Asia) Super Welterweight
champion, Eva Cecilia Santoscoy
(UBO world Bantamweight champion), Monika
Singh (UBO Youth Light Flyweight
champion), Antonio Brown (UBO
International Cruiserweight champion).
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