Boxing

LAHORE:- Sports Board Punjab, under the directives of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, is going to hold Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship (boys and girls) fromMay 12 to 15, 2018. The championship will be held under the slogan of ‘Kaun banay ga Punjab ka boxing champion’. Deputy Director Hafeez Bhatti, SBP PRO Abdul Rauf, Arshad Javed Qureshi, Shahid Nizami, ...

Photo: File Pakistani origin British boxer Amir Khan has shown his support to Pakistani boxers who will be taking part in the upcoming Asian Games. In a video message, the boxer said he was happy that the boxing federation was doing a lot to promote the sport in Pakistan and that those boxers are more than welcome to train and practice ...

َLondon :-Pakistani origin British boxer Amir Khan says he will be visiting Pakistan soon and has “big plans” for promoting boxing in the country. In a video message, the boxer who recently beat Canada’s Phil Lo Greco in a mere 39 seconds, said he was thankful to the Pakistani people who had prayed for his victory. “The victory is not ...

LAHORE: – Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, on Wednesday, has constituted six committees to hold the Punjab Boxing Championship in a smooth manner. The committees have been asked to make excellent arrangements for the championship scheduled to be held from May 12 to 15, 2018 at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, in ...

AMIR KHAN roared back onto the boxing scene with an emphatic 39-second destruction of loudmouth Phil Lo Greco. The Bolton hero had been goaded and insulted in the build-up to his long-awaited return to the fight game and he shut his opponent up with a ferocious first-round demolition. Amir Khan blew away Phil Lo Greco in 39 seconds in Liverpool ...

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has been banned for six months after failing two drugs tests earlier this year. The Mexican middleweight, 27, said eating contaminated meat was the reason he tested positive for clenbuterol on 17 and 20 February. He was forced to withdraw from a world middleweight title rematch against Gennady Golovkin after their first bout in September ended in ...

London:- Amir Khan has called for former opponent Canelo Alvarez to be banned for life following his failed drug tests. Alvarez tested positive for clenbuterol back in February and his scheduled May 5 rematch against Gennady Golovkin has been cancelled due to the ongoing situation. However, despite the Mexican fighter since blaming contaminated meat in his home country for the ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s only World Boxing Council (WBC) title winner Muhammad Waseem will take on South Africa’s Moruti MThalane in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight world title bout on July 15 in Malaysia. This is also the first time any Pakistani will be going for the IBF world title. According to Waseem, the fight is as big as it gets since ...

Jeddah:-Throwing punches in a gym tucked away from prying eyes, a Saudi female boxing trainer asserts a right long denied to many women in the conservative kingdom — the right to exercise. Halah Alhamrani, 41, runs a gym for women called FlagBoxing — its motto is Fight Like A Girl — in the western Red Sea city of Jeddah, offering ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada said Punjab govt has decided to establish boxing rings in all Divisional Headquarters of Punjab province. Punjab govt took major decisions for the promotion of sports and building effective sports infrastructure in Punjab province; he said this while presiding over the General Council meeting of Sports Board Punjab (SBP) at Punjab International Swimming ...