Ali, Nadir, Asif reach quarters

KARACHI: Experienced boxers Ali Mohammad, Nadir Baloch and Asif Kachi qualified for the quarter-finals of the All Pakistan Amir Khan Boxing tournament here at Ustad Abdullah Baloch boxing gymnasium at People’s Sports Complex on Tuesday.

Ali Mohammad of WAPDA got the better of Seemab Ali of Punjab 2-1 in the 52kg pre-quarter-final. International Nadir Baloch of Sindh Rangers whacked Abdul Waqas of Army 3-0 in the 56kg pre-quarters.

Asif Kachi advanced to the next round by beating Samiullah of Balochistan 2-1 in the 56kg round of 16.

Results: pre-quarters: 49 kg: Essa Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Junaid (FATA) 3-0, Shehroz Kachi (Sindh Police) bt Zafar Ahmed (Balochistan) 2-1, Jehanzeb Khan (Sindh Greens) bt Asadullah (Railways) 3-0, Eidullah (Islamabad) bt Saddam Hussain (Sindh Whites) 2-1, Daud Khan (Navy) bt Irfan Ali (Army) 2-1, Ubaidullah (PAF) bt Mohammad Baz (Gilgit-Baltistan) 3-0, Maaz Khan (KPT) bt Arsalan Ahmed (K-Electric) 2-1, Shoaib Murad (Sindh Rangers) bt Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) 3-0

52 kg: Faqir Mohammad (Sindh Rangers) got walkover against Abdul Basit (Sindh Greens, medical unit), Mohammad Faraz (FATA) bt Ali Reza (Gilgit-Baltistan) 3-0, Fahad Gul (KPT) bt Farooq Ahmed (Islamabad) 2-1, Asif Raza (Navy) bt Mohammad Amjad (Sindh Whites) 3-0, Hamid Hussain (Sindh Police) bt Akbar Khan (KP) 2-1, Mohammad Asif (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Nadeem (Army) 3-0, Mehroz Ali (PAF) bt Abdul Samad (KE) 3-0 56kg: Fahad Khan (Islamabad) bt Talha Aslam (Punjab) 2-1, Arsalan Ali (Sindh Whites) bt Nouman (HEC) 3-0, Faizan Butt (Sindh Greens) bt Altaf Ali 3-0, Sahib Khan (Gilgit-Baltistan) bt Mir Rehman (FATA) 3-0, Shaharyar Kachi (Sindh Police) bt Altaf-ur-Rehman (KP) 2-1

60kg: Daud Khan (KP) bt Danish (Islamabad) 3-0, Sheraz Baloch (Sindh Whites) bt Dilawar Abbas (Gilgit) 3-0, Abdul Hadi (Balochistan) bt Fahim Ahmed (PAF) 3-0, Naved Khan (FATA) bt Ramiz (Sindh Greens) 3-0.