More appear for SBP boxing 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,