Three more upsets in boxing tournament

KARACHI: Three more upsets were seen as the quarter-finals of All Pakistan Amir Khan Boxing tournament completed here at the People’s Sports Complex’s Ustad Abdullah Baloch boxing gymnasium on Friday.

In the 60kg quarter-final, Qadir Khan inflicted an upset defeat on highly experienced Adnan Hassan of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) after a tough encounter. In another quarter-final of 60 kg category, Shahid Afridi of Sindh Greens, playing for the first time in any major event, outgunned experienced Sajid Farman of Rangers.

In the 81kg, Wali Khan Tareen of Sindh Greens shocked discarded international Dur Mohammad to move into the semi-finals.

Six boxers each from Army and Navy, five each from Sindh Greens, Balochistan and PAF made it to the semi-finals.

Rangers’ four boxers have moved into the next phase. The semi-finals will be held on Saturday (today).

Results: 60kg: Kamran Khan (Army) bt Naved Khan (FATA) 3-0, Raees Khan (WAPDA) bt Mohammad Arshad (Punjab) 2-1

64kg: Salman Baloch (Army) bt Noor Mohammad (Railways) 3-0, Shahid Afridi (Sindh Greens) bt Sajid Farman (Rangers) 3-0, Qadir Khan (Navy) bt Adnan Hasan (PAF) 2-1, Agha Mohammad (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Iqbal (Sindh Police) 3-0 69kg: Amjad (PAF) bt Naeem Jan (Sindh Greens) 3-0, Amir Khan (WAPDA) bt Shehzad (Sindh Whites) 3-0, Abdur Rauf (Army) bt Mohammad Ahmed (KP) 3-0, Mehboob Shah (Balochistan) bt Khurram (Rangers) 3-0

75kg: Tanveer Ahmed (Navy) bt Ubaidullah (Sindh Greens) 3-0, Mohammad Afzal (Gilgit) bt Faraz Ahmed (Islamabad) 3-0

81kg: Wali Khan Tareen (Sindh Greens) bt Dur Mohammad (Navy) 3-0, Awais Ali Khan (Army) bt Shabbir Baloch (Sindh Whites) 3-0 91kg: Imran Shah (Rangers) bt Amanullah (Balochistan) 3-0, Mirza Azam (PAF) bt Mohammad Yousuf Pathan (Sindh Greens) 3-0

91kg+: Yasir Jamil (Sindh Whites) bt Ubaid (Sindh Greens) 3-0, Ikramullah (FATA) bt Mohammad Tahir (KE), 3-0, Hafeezullah (Gilgit) bt Ahmed Shah (Balochistan) 3-0, Mohammad Shehbaz (Army) bt Tariq Nawaz (Navy) 2-1.