4 Chinese in Benazir Boxing finals

Published January 6, 2010

KARACHI, Jan 5 After Pakistan's domination on first three-days, Chinese fist-fighters emerged on the top as four of them entered finals of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament after impressive wins at the KPT Sports Complex Gymnasium on Tuesday.

In the middleweight class, Sile Hu out-pointed Aung Kok Ko of Myanmar 2-0 in an interesting bout.

Fanlong Meng of China demonstrated powerful punching to defeat Parnoj Kumar of India 5-2.

Xuan Bao from China gave his country third win of the day when he defeated Yasir Javed of Pakistan Greens 4-2 after a hard fought bout. He Shuai Li gave China fourth berth in the final by out-pointing Waqar Ahmed of Pakistan Whites 4-0.

Two Iraqi boxers — Ahmed Jassem and Mustufa Muhammad — also qualified for the final. Jassem beat Selelbangue Welcome of Central Africa in the welterweight division while Mustufa thrashed Pakistan Whites' Imran Shah 6-1.

Hungary's Imre Szello outclassed Pakistan's Nadir Khan in the first round after flurry of punches.

It was a disappointing day for Pakistan as Zakir Hussain (welterweight), Mohammad Ali (light-heavy), Yasir Javed, Imran Shah (heavyweight) and Waqar Ahmed (super-heavy) made their exit from the competition. —APP

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