Meherullah in semifinal

Published April 10, 2005

KARACHI, April 9: Pakistan’s Meherullah reached King’s Cup boxing semifinals after outpunching Thailand’s Tandaen Samak 22-17 in the featherweight quarterfinals on Saturday in Thailand. According to details available here, Meher will now meet Korean Kim Song in Sunday’s semifinal.

Two more Pakistanis Zahid Hussain and Dur Mohammad lost in the quarterfinals.

Zahid lost to Pichi Sayota of Thailand 11-25, while Dur Mohammad was defeat by Kazakhstan’s Aizharikov Askar 9-29.

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