Army grab five golds

Published July 23, 2003

RAWALPINDI, July 22: Army were poised to win the All- Pakistan Brig Rodham Junior Championship on Tuesday with five of their boxers winning gold medals on the last day at the Army Stadium.

Finals of ten weight categories were to take place with six having been decided till the time of our going to Press.

Tariq Zia of the Army A team, competing in the bantamweight final captured the first gold of the evening beating Aslam Khan of the Army B. Punjab’s Zeeshan Shahid and Tariq Ameen of Wapda took bronze medals.

Akbar Ali was the other winner of the evening in the light weight category as he gave Army A their second gold as he outpointed B’s Sarzameen Khan. Muhammad Khan, representing Punjab and KPT’s Muhammad Ali had to be content with bronze.

With the pattern for the evening having been set by Tariq and Akbar, it was Muhammad Yasir who walked off with Army A’s third gold in the light welterweight competition against Muhammad Shoaib of Army B.

There seemed to be no stopping the Army pugilists as Muzammil Khan earned them the fourth gold by defeating B side’s Muhammad Nasir in the welterweight category. Farhan Ali of Punjab and KPT’s Dur Muhammad were the bronze winners.

In a middleweight contest, it was Ahmad Nawaz of Army B who struck gold beating Noman Khan of Railways. Other finals were continuing.

Results (Finals, Gold, Silver, Bronze) Flyweight: Shoaib (Wapda), Faheem ud Din (Army B), Zeeshan Shahid (Punjab) Bantamweight: Tariq Zia (Army A), Aslam Khan (Army B), Zeeshan Shahid (Punjab), Tariq Ameen (Wapda) Lightweight: Akbar Ali (Army A), Sarzameen Khan (Army B), Muhammad Khan (Punjab), Muhammad Ali (KPT) Light welterweight: Muhammad Yasir (Army A), Muhammad Shoaib (Army B), Ijaz Hussain (Railways), Asad Ali (Punjab) Welterweight: Muzammil Khan (Army A), Muhammad Nasir (Army B), Farhan Ali (Punjab), Dur Muhammad (KPT) Middleweight: Ahmad Nawaz (Army B), Noman Khan (Railways), Ali Raza (Punjab), Azhar Khan (Army A).

Monday’s semifinals:

Bantamweight: Aslam Khan (Army B) bt Shamoon RSC OC; Tariq Zia (Army A) walkover

Featherweight: Samiullah (KPT) bt Akbar Ali (Railways) on points; Adnan Khan (Army B) bt Asim Rashid (Army A) on points

Lightweight: Akbar Ali (Army) bt Muhammad Khan (Punjab) on points; Sarzameen Khan (Army B) bt Muhammad Ali (KPT) RSC OC

Light welterweight: Muhammad Shoaib (Army B) bt Ijaz Hussain RSC OC, Muhammad Yasir (Army A) bt Asad Ali (Punjab) RSC OC

Welterweight: Muhammad Nasir (Army B) bt Farhan Ali (Punjab); MUzammil Khan (Army A) bt Dur Muhammad (KPT) on points

Middleweight: Nauman Khan (Railways) bt Ali Raza (Punjab) RSC OC, Ahmad Nawaz (Army B) ko Azhar Khan (Army A)

Light heavyweight: Fakhar-e-Alam (Army B) bt Hafiz (Railways) RSC OC; Abid Hussain (Army (A) bt Asif Raza (Sindh) on points

Heavyweight: Shahzad (Railways) bt Ijaz Jan (NWFP) walkover; Yasir Bilal (Army B) bt Zahoor Khan (Army A) on points.

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