The 36th National Men and the 1st National Women Boxing Championships has been started here at Wapda Sports Complex on Saturday. Wapda chairman and Wapda Sports Board Patron-in-Chief Lieutenant General Muzammil Hussain (Retd) and Pakistan Olympic Association President Lieutenant General (Retd) Arif Hassan were the Chief Guests of the opening ceremony of the championship.
Speaking to the participants of the opening ceremony, Wapda chairman said that sports persons are pride of our nation who brings laurels to the country. In five-day long championship, as many as 15 teams are participating in the Men events ie Wapda, Army, Navy, Air Force, Railways, KPT, K-Electric, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, AJ&K, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan. Men's competitions will be held in 10 weight categories which are 46, 52, 56, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91 and 91+ k.g.
With a view to popularize boxing amongst women folk, Women championship is being organized for the first time, wherein as many as 24 women players from the provinces and associations will compete in three weight categories of 51, 60 and 75-k.g.
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