Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship trials

LAHORE:- Sports Board Punjab (SBP), under the directives of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, conducted the trials of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship here on Saturday.

Around 350 boxers from five divisions – DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan, Faisalabad and Sahiwal appeared in the trials at Tennis Stadium on Saturday while the trials of remaining four Divisions – Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Gujranwala will be conducted at the same venue on May 6, 2018.

The championship will be held under the slogan of ‘Kaun banay ga Punjab ka boxing champion’ at State of the Art Punjab Tennis Court, Nishtar Park Sports Complex from May 12 to 15, 2018.

Jury members Arshad Javed Qureshi, Jamshed Kazmi, Ch Imran, Abdul Haq, Raees Azam, Ghulam Murataza and M Zubair supervised the trials process. A large number of boxing enthusiasts witnessed the trial matches at the Tennis Stadium. Sports Board Punjab made excellent arrangements for the boxing probables.

The trials of Youth Class Boys (U-16) were held in 32kg, 36 kg, 40 kg, 45 kg, 49 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg and 69kg weight categories.

The Elite Class boxers’ trials were conducted in 49kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg, 81 kg, 91 kg and +91kg weight categories.

The women boxers in Elite Female Class took part in trials of six weight categories – 40 kg, 45 kg, 48 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg and 69kg.