KARACHI, Jan 22: Olympians Haider Ali and Asghar Ali Shah scored convincing victories over their opponents in the Pakistan Ranking Boxing tournament held Tuesday at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC).

Representing Wapda, Haider, proved too strong for Karachi Port Trust’s Sohail Ahmed, winning easily the three rounds. Later Asghar toyed with Punjab’s Mohammad Zarrar before referee stopped the contest.

Results:

Light flyweight: Imran Hafeez (Wapda) bt Syed Hassan (Army); Mohd Azam (KESC) bt Dilawar Hussain (Sindh)

Flyweight: Pervez Akhtar (Army) bt Obaidullah (KPT); Abdullah Qambrani (KPT) bt Abid Jan (KESC)

Bantamweight: Mehrullah (KPT) bt Abdul Majeed (KPT); Aqeel Ahmed (Army) bt Noshad Fateh (Sindh)

Featherweight: Haider Ali (Wapda) bt Sohail Ahmed (KPT); Shahid Jan (KPT) bt Hafeezullah (Sindh)

Lightweight: Sajid Raja (KPT) bt Atif Naeem (Punjab); Zahid Hussain (KPT) bt Irfan Ali Shah (Sindh)

Light Welterweight: Javeed Jan (KESC) bt Yar Muhammad (Balochistan); Asghar Ali Shah (KPT) bt Mohd Zarrar (Punjab)

Welterweight: Zakir Hussain (KESC) bt Farooq Javeed (Punjab); Kashif Mumtaz (Army) bt Khan Mohammad (KPT)

Light Middleweight: Mohd Anwar (Wapda) bt Mohammad Ali (Sindh); Andaleeb Khan (Army) bt Mushtaq Hussain (Balochistan)

Light Heavyweight: Janveer Shoukat (Army) bt Faizuddin (Balochistan).

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