China Open Boxing
Waseem said that he had been training very hard for this particular event as after grabbing gold (52kg) at the Combat games in China last year. -File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ace boxer Mohammad Waseem aims to clinch gold medal in the 2nd China Open Boxing Tournament to be held in Guiyang, China from this week.

In an interview on Thursday Waseem said that he had been training very hard for this particular event as after grabbing gold (52kg) at the Combat games in China last year, the China Open Boxing Tournament had been his supreme target.

Pakistan squad:

Mohammad Waseem (52kg), Qadir Khan (56kg), Sardar Mohammad (60kg), Amir Khan (64kg); Officials: Ali Bakhsh (coach), Syed Ashraf Ali (referee judge).—APP

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