Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship:765 boxers appear in 2-day trials

LAHORE : Sports Board Punjab (SBP), under the directives of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, conducted the trials of four divisions – Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Gujranwala to select teams for Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship here on Sunday.

Overall 765 boxers from nine divisions featured in the 2-day hectic trials activity at State of the Art Punjab Tennis Stadium.

A large number of male and female boxers keenly took part in the trials in a bid to feature in the Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship whose slogan is ‘Kaun banay ga Punjab ka boxing champion’.

Expert jury members – Arshad Javed Qureshi, Jamshed Kazmi, Ch Imran, Abdul Haq, Raees Azam, Ghulam Murtaza and M Zubair – supervised the trials process and selected the talented boxers on merit for the mega event being organised at State of the Art Punjab Tennis Court, Nishtar Park Sports Complex from May 12 to 15, 2018.

Following young talented pugilists were picked up for the grand boxing championship.

Rawalpindi Division

Elite Class (Boys):

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg Rehan Ali, 36kg Sudais Khan, 45kg Hannan Haider, 49kg Haider Ali, Khawar Qayyum, 52kg Hamza Rao, 56kg Ibrahim Ashfaq, 60kg M Naqeeb, 64kg Yameen Khan, 69kg Ismael Khan.

DG Khan Division

Elite Class (Boys): 54kg M Adnan, 56kg M Irfan, 64kg Ali Raza, 69kg M Farhan,

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg M Shahbaz, 36kg Shafqat Rasool, 40kg M Haris, 56kg Raj Ali, 60kg Umar Farooq, 64kg Ahmad Ali,

Faisalabad Division

Elite Class (Boys): 49kg Ali Raza, 52kg Afzal Rehman, 56kg Talha Ijaz, 60kg Mohsin Ali, 64kg M Kashif, 69kg M Arshad, 75kg M Farhan, 81kg Shahzeb, 91kg Farooq, +91kg Shehroz Ijaz,

Elite Class (Girls): 45kg Fiza Ejaz, 48kg Misbah Iftikhar, 51kg Tania Ismail, 57kg Zunaira, 57kg Sama Bibi,

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg Ehtsham Hassan, 36kg M Rehman, 40kg Talha Bashir, 45kg Sadat Hassan, 49kg M. Usama, 52kg Arslan Yaseen, 56kg Shahwaiz , 60kg Suleman, 64kg Faisal Shafiq, 69kg Bilal Hassan

Multan Division

Elite Class (Girls): 45kg Aleena Bibi, 51kg Moniba Shaan,

Elite Class (Boys): 49kg Amir Mushtaq, 52kg Taswar Shahzad, 56kg Farhan Raza, 60kg Shahzaib, 64kg Atiq ur Rehman, 69kg Sajjad Ali, 75kg M Hassan, 81kg Iftikhar Hussain, 91kg Maqsood, +91kg Nasrullah Khan,

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg Ali Raza, 36kg Zain, 40kg Waseem, 45kg M Uzaifa, 49kg Ameer Hamza, 52kg Momin Khan, 56kg Saqib Javaid, 60kg M Faraz, 64kg Haider Saifullah, 69kg Shahzaib.

Sahiwal Division

Elite Class (Girls): 45kg Faria Zubair, 51kg Rimsha Kainat Yousaf,

56kg Areej Yousaf

Elite Class (Boys): 49kg Noor Hadi, 52kg Burhan Ud Din, 56kg M Luqman Farooq, 60kg Rana Qamar Hussain, 64kg Arbaz Masih,

69kg Amnan Ali, 75kg Ali Hassan, 81kg Yaseen Jutt, +91kg Asad Abbas

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg Ali Asad, 36kg M Naeem, 45kg Waqas Ali, 49kg Sohail Akhtar, 52kg Jamshaid Amjad, 56kg Abdul Rehman Khan, 60kg Mian Furqan Zaigham,

64kg Alis Bukhari

Bahawalpur Division

Elite Class (Boys): 49kg Zeeshan, 52kg Masood Ashraf, 56kg Babar Ali, 60kg Saad Ali Shah, 64kg Waqar Ahmad, 69kg M Usman, 75kg M Rizwan, 81kg M Faisal Sardar, 91kg M Zeeshan Hafeez,

Youth Class (U-16 Boys): 32kg Sibghat Ullah, 36kg Rizwan Ahmad, 40kg Ahmed Rizwan, 45kg Haroon Ameen, 49kg Abdul Rashid, 60kg M Ihsam Hamid, 64kg Sharjeel Shoukat