ISLAMABAD - The 35th National Boxing Championship entered final stage after 20 semifinal bouts were held at Volley Ball Stadium, Sialkot on Tuesday.
In light flyweight 46-49kg category, Jahanzaib of Sindh beat Rehmat of Fata and M Numan (Army) beat Dawood Khan (Navy). In 52kg flyweight category, M Nisar (Navy) beat Hamid Hussain (Sindh) and Syed M Asif (Railway) beat Abdul Waheed (PAF). In 56kg bantamweight category, Naimatullah (PAF) beat M Alam Baloch (Sindh) and Farhan Mahmood (Army) beat M Raza (Railway). In 60kg lightweight category, Sajjad Ali (Army) beat Faheed Ahmed (PAF) and Sheeraz (Navy) beat Abdul Rehman (Punjab). In 64kg light welterweight category, Abdul Khaliq (Balochistan) beat Qadir Khan (Navy) and Adnan Hassan (PAF) beat H Bilal (KPK). In 69kg welterweight category, Ikhlaq Ahmed (Army) beat Ejaz Ahmed (Punjab) and Arshad Hussain (PAF) beat Tanveer Ahmed (Navy). In 75kg middleweight category, Dur Muhammad (Navy) beat Zulqarnain Khan (HEC) and Zulqarnain (Army) beat Abdul Hamid (Railway). In 81kg light heavyweight category, Murtaza Baloch (Sindh) beat Nisar Khan (KPK) and Riaz Ali (Army) beat Abi Jozi Khan (HEC). In 91kg heavyweight category, Ahmed Ali (Army) beat Naeem Khan (PAF) and Junaid Mushtaq (HEC) beat Hafizullah Taimur (Sindh) while in the +91kg super heavyweight category, Nadir Khan (Navy) beat Qasim Hussain (HEC) and Yasir Jawed (Army) beat Qamar Amin (PAF).