Boxing

The two-day championship was played at Ali Muhammad Qambrani Boxing Stadium Lyari under the auspices of Sindh Boxing Association in collaboration with Sindh Sports Board. In the finals, Zeb Rashid defeated Talha by 3-0 in the 49kg weight class, Majid Ali defeated Khalid Khan by 2-1 in the 52kg category and Asim Khan defeated Wasif by 3-0 in the 56kg ...

Karachi: Fifteens matches were played on the opening day of the two-day Karachi Women Boxing Championship organized by Sindh Boxing Association and in collaboration with DMC South. 47 women boxers from three districts of the city including South, West and Central were participating in the event. In 26kg weight category, Iqra Akhtar defeated Fatima by 3-0, in 34 kg category ...

 LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said Pakistan has plenty of boxing potential and Sports Board Punjab will continue to make effective efforts for the promotion of this game in the Punjab province; he said this while talking to boxer Usman Wazir at his office at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. It is pertinent to mention here that ...

Islamabad : Col (Rtd) Nasir Ijaz Tung and Tahir Ayub were unanimously elected as President and General Secretary of Faisalabad Divisional Boxing Association for the next four years 2020-2024 respectively.The election were conducted by the Election Commissioner, Jamshaid Kazmi. Jamshaid Kazmi told that all the office bearers were elected unanimously in the presence of representatives of four districts including Jhang, ...

London:British-Pakistani boxer Aamir Khan placed his belief in a conspiracy theory that the coronavirus is “man-made” and resulted due to the building of 5G towers. In videos shared on Instagram, the two-time world champion said he did not believe that the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was what it has been made out to be, saying that “it’s been put there for ...

33rd National Games-Army wins 33rd National Games Quaid-e-Azam trophy, KP take fairplay trophy By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, Nov 16 : Pakistan Army clinched the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the 24th times when its secured 7909 points with 150 gold medals, 134 silver and 96 bronze medals and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa awarded fairplay trophy of the 33rd National Games which concluded after a colourful ...

Unbeaten Devin Haney successfully defended his WBC lightweight title for the first time with a unanimous decision over Alfredo Santiago on Saturday night. American Haney, who turns 21 on November 17, knocked Santiago down in the fifth round of a surprisingly close fight at Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles. This was Haney´s first defence of the 135-pound title which ...

Gennady Golovkin reclaimed his IBF title on Saturday, defeating Sergiy Derevyanchenko by a unanimous decision in a bruising middleweight fight at Madison Square Garden. Golovkin knocked Derevyanchenko down in the first round and cut him over the eye in the second but had to dig deep to beat the stubborn Ukrainian, who made his opponent look all of his 37 ...

Pakistani-origin British boxer Amir Khan visited the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday to meet the families affected by India’s ceasefire violations and to express solidarity with the people in occupied Kashmir. Speaking to media on the occasion, Khan said the purpose of his visit was to advocate for peace and to bring attention to the plight of the Kashmiris ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s professional boxer Mohammad Waseem is set to return to boxing ring next month with a fight against Thailand’s Wittawas Basapean. Boasting a professional record of 8-1, the 31-year-old Waseem said he was set for his first fight in over a year and looking forward to outclass his opponent, Basapean. “I will be fighting against Thai boxer in Dubai ...