The World Series of Boxing (WSB) have revealed that the competition will be streamed live on the internet after they launched their new YouTube channel WSB TV.  The WSB is owned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and is the only professional boxing competition that allows amateur boxers to retain their Olympic eligibility even though it features no head guards or vests and a professional-style scoring with three judges. The WSB TV announcement means that the competition will become the first league based sporting event to have its entire season broadcast on YouTube. 

"We are very pleased to announce the launch of the WSB TV channel on YouTube thanks to Google and TSA," said WSB chief operating officer Ivan Khodabakhsh. http://www.youtube.com/worldseriesboxingtv

 

• 2011-2012 WSB BOXERS DRAFT The 2011-2012 WSB Boxers Draft will take place on the 6th of October 2011, in Baku (Azerbaijan) on the rest-day of the AIBA World Boxing Championships.During the Draft, teams will be able to select from around 60 of the world's top boxers, including this year's African and European Champions and several continental medallists, coming from approximately 25 different countries. The pick-order for the Draft will be based on last year's results with the new franchises having the first pick, the lowest ranked teams the next picks and the current WSB Champion Paris United having the last one.

• WSB Boxers - Amongst the 570 boxers taking part in the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships, 72 of these are WSB boxers. These Championships will also be the main Qualifying Event for the London 2012 Olympic Games - for which a total of 92 boxers will be qualified - all the ingredients are in place for WSB boxers to be in the spotlight.

• The WSB 2011-2012 Season will start on November 11, 2011. In the new season, in the event of a draw after two legs from the quarter-final stages onwards, there will a deciding bout to determine the winning team.

The Indian World Series of Boxing (WSB) franchise - which will debut its season two of the competition - has been named the Mumbai Fighters. The Mumbai Fighters launched their logo at the second edition of India International Sports Summit 2011 (IISS) this weekend (1^st October) and are owned by TransStadia Boxing India.