ISLAMABAD, April 6: Pakistanis boxers were too hot to handle on Tuesday as they set the Liaquat Gymnasium ablaze, sweeping all 10 finals, boosting their country's gold tally in the 9th SAF Games to 42.

Watched by a large number of cheering fans, the boxers starting from Noman Karim, going right down to the night's final bout featuring Muzaffar Iqbal, were just too good for their rivals.

Of the 15 disciplines that Pakistan contested at these Games, no event could yield such a rich haul of gold for the hosts with only rowing coming a close second where six top medals were won.

As the evening bouts began, Noman quickly pocketed a gold against Harsha Kumara of Sri Lanka in the light-flyweight competition. Asian Games gold medallist, Meherullah Lasi was adjudged the winner on points against his Sri Lankan opponent Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi in the bantamweight while Sajid Raja defeated India's Jai Baghwan in his lightweight bout, again on points.

More gold came through Nisar Khan who beat another Indian Dilbagh Singh in the welterweight and then Faisal Karim outpointed Vigendar of India in the light-welterweight bout.

Featherweight Sohail Baloch won against Sri Lanka's Kamal Sameera Ananda Kutti Gamaethiralalage. The hosts continued their golden run with Shoaib Rashid scoring a points victory over M. Rathnaika, of Sri Lanka in the flyweight final.

Middleweight Ahmad Ali Khan scooped up the eighth gold for Pakistan after beating Nepal's Bikash Pariyar. Later, heavyweight Shaukat Ali added to the gold tally by winning his bout against Indian Varghese Johnson, while Muzaffar rounded off what was a splendid evening for the hosts with a defeat of India's Harpal Singh on points in the super-heavyweight contest. Harpeet Singh was the sole Indian winner of the evening, scoring victory against Nepal's Bishnu Prasad Rijal.