LAHORE: Army’s Zohaib Rasheed and Rabia Batool of Balochistan won their opening bouts on the first day of the DHA 38th National Men and the 2nd Women Boxing Championships which commenced at the Captain Fasih Babar Amin Shaheed Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Zohaib won his fight against Faheem of Pakistan Navy on points, while Rabia overcame Seerat Parveen of Azad Jammu Kashmir.

The championships, which run till Dec 5, have 12 men and seven women teams competing in 153 bouts in different weight categories.

Published in Dawn, December 1st, 2021

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