LAHORE, Nov 21: Renowned International wrestler Antonio Anoki, along with 10 professional wrestlers from Japan, will be visiting Pakistan in the last week of November.

A spokesman of Sports Board Punjab said that after the successful Punjab Youth Festival and the Punjab International Sports Festival, the SBP is now holding the International Sports and Peace Wrestling Festival to mark the 60 years of sporting relations between Pakistan and Japan.

“As part of the festivities, Antonio Anoki around 10 professional wrestlers will be visiting Pakistan at the end of the month and fight with local wrestlers in Lahore,” he says.

Anoki last visited Pakistan some 36 years ago for a honorary fight with Pakistan’s Akram (Akki) Pahlwan and won it.

Meanwhile, a press release issued by SBP said that Anoki hopes the relations between the two countries will be strengthened and will bring the people of the two countries closer.

Anoki’s shot to global fame after his fight against the legendary Mohammad Ali in a unique event which pitted a wrestler against a boxer.—Sports Reporter