November 13, 2001	Tuesday	Shaba’an 26, 1422

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KARACHI, Nov 12: Featherweight Olympian Haider Ali gave international Shahid Jan a boxing lesson with a 3-0 thrashing on the opening day of national ranking boxing tournament Monday.

In a tough light-flyweight fight, Sindh’s Dilawar Hussain emerged a 2-1 winner but not before a strong challenge from Balochistan’s Nadir Khan.

In the same category, Pakistan Army’s Syed Hassan outclassed and won against PAF’s Javed Iqbal on a referee stop the contest decision.

Karachi Port Trust (KPT)’s flyweight Abdullah Qambrani won the bout when he outclassed Balochistan’s Kaleemullah in the first round on a RSC decision.

Army’s flyweight Pervez Akhtar also won on a RSC decision against Navy’s A. Zahoor.

International featherweight Mohammad Ali of KESC, who has staged his comeback after years, notched-up an easy victory after referee stop the bout when Navy’s Bakht Hussain was injured in the first round.

Results:

Light-flyweight: Syed Hassan (Army) bt Javed Iqbal RSC/OC/I; Dilawar Hussain (Sindh) bt Nadir Khan (Balochistan) 2-1

Flyweight: Mohammad Ashfaq (PAF) lost to Shahid Khan (Sindh) 3-0; A. Zahoor (Navy) lost to Pervez Akhtar (Army) RSC/I; Kaleemullah (Balochistan) lost to Abdullah Qmbrani (KPT) RSC/OC/I; Karrar Hussain (KESC) lost to Obaidullah Qambrani (KPT) 3-0

Bantamweight: Rub Nawaz (Navy) lost to Noushad Fateh (Sindh) 3-0; Mohammad Saleh (PAF) lost to Sohail Ahmad (national camp) 3-0; Sikandar (Balochistan) lost to Mohammad Aqeel (Army) 3-0

Featherweight: Bakht Hussain (Navy) lost to Mohammad Ali (KESC) RSC/injured/I; Shahid Jan (KPT) lost to Haider Ali (national camp) 3-0

Lightweight: Irfan Ali Shah (Sindh) lost to Zahid Hussain (KPT) 3-0.