KARACHI: Four local pugilists two each of Sindh Greens and Whites, three apiece of Rangers, Navy and Sindh Police hogged limelight by making their way into quarter-finals of the all-Pakistan Amir Khan boxing tournament at the Ustad Abdullah Baloch Stadium, Peoples Sports Complex, on Tuesday.

In all, 27 bouts were decided in different weight categories on the second day of the event.

International Jahanzeb, who represented Sindh Greens delighted the local fans when he outpointed Railways Asadullah in 49kg. He was joined by Faizan Butt who knocked out Altaf Ali in first round of 56kg.

The two boxers who did Sindh Whites proud were Arsalan Ali (56kg) and Sheeraz Baloch (60 kg).

Those who emerged victorious for Rangers were Shaib Murad (49kg), Faqeer Mohammad (52kg) and Nadir Baloch (56kg).

International Dawood Khan, Asif Raza and international Asif Kachhi won their bouts for Navy while Shehroz Kacchi, Hamid Baloch and Shahryar Kachhi shone for the Sindh Police.

First round results:

49 kg: Essa Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Junaid (Fata) TKO first round; Shehroz Kachhi (Sindh Police) bt Zafar Ahmed (Balochistan) 2-1; Jahanzeb (Sindh Greens) bt Asadullah (Railways) 3-0; Eidullah (Islamabad) bt Saddam Hussain (Sindh Whites) 2-1; Dawood Khan (Navy) bt Irfan Ali (Army) 3-0; Ubaid Ali (PAF) bt Mohammad Maaz (Gilgit-Baltistan) TKO first round; Maaz Khan (KPT) bt Arsalan Ahmed (K Electric) 3-0; Shaib Murad (Rangers) bt Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) 3-0.

52 kg: Faqeer Mohammad (Rangers) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh Greens) walkover; Mohammad Faraz (Fata) bt Ali Raza (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2-1; Fahad Gul (KPT) bt Farooq Ahmed (Islamabad) TKO first round; Asif Raza (Navy) bt Mohammad Amjad (Sindh Whites) TKO first round; Hamid Hussain (Sindh Police) bt Akbar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0; Syed Mohammad Asif (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Nadeem (Army) 3-0; Mehroz Ali (PAF) bt Abdul Samad (K Electric) TKO first round; Ali Mohammad (Wapda) bt Semmab Ali (Punjab) TKO second round.

56 kg: Asif Kachhi (Navy) bt Samiullah (Balochistan) 2-1; Nadir Baloch (Rangers) bt Abdul Waqas (Army) TKO second round; Farhad Khan (Islamabad) bt Talha Aslam (Punjab) 2-1;Arsalan Ali (Sindh Whites) bt Noman (HEC) 2-1; Faizan Butt (Sindh Greens) bt Altaf Ali (K Electric) TKO first round; Shaib Khan (Gilgit-Baltistan) bt Meer Rehman (Fata) 2-1; Shahryar Kacchi (Sindh Police) bt Altaf-ur-Rehman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2-1.

60 kg: Naveed Khan (Fata) bt Ramiz (Sindh Greens) walkover; Dawood Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Danish (Islamabad) 2-1; Sheeraz Baloch (Sindh Whites) bt Dilawar Abbas (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2-1; Abdul Hadi (Balochistan) bt Faheem Ahmed (PAF) 2-1.

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Bouts start at 2pm.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2015