'Boxing is in our blood' Reuters Published March 1, 2016 0 Urooj, 15, spits water between rounds in her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters A view of the entrance of the club. ─ Reuters Arisha, 9, punches Misbah during an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi. ─ Reuters Aamna, 11, waits for the start for her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters A friend wraps the hand of a boxer competing in the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters Mehek, 15, who has her hands wrapped, takes part in an exercise session. ─ Reuters Assistant boxing coach Nadir helps Urooj, 15, put on her headgear before the start of her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters Tabia (R), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters Tabia (L), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters Anum, 17, punches padding with her coach Younus Qambrani while others observe during an exercise session. ─ Reuters Misbah, 17, takes part in warm up exercises. ─ Reuters Javeria (L) and Mehek check a selfie after an exercise session. ─ Reuters Girl trainees pose for a group photograph with their coach Yunus Qambrani and assistant coach Nadir. ─ Reuters Azmeena, 16, takes part in warm up exercises. ─ Reuters Arisha, 9, takes instructions from coach Younus Qambrani during an exercise session. ─ Reuters Tabia, 12, removes her shoes after finishing an exercise session. ─ Reuters Students of a madrasa gather to a watch girls' bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament. ─ Reuters REFILE - CLARIFYING NAME OF BOXING CLUBA combination photo shows students of coach Younus Qambrani posing with their boxing gloves at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Pak Shaheen Boxing Club in Karachi, Pakistan, February 20, 2016. For the past six months about a dozen girls, aged 8 to 17, have gone to the Pak Shaheen Boxing Club after school to practice their jabs, hooks and upper cuts. Pakistani women have been training as boxers in small numbers and competed in the South Asian Games last year, said Youn Join our Whatsapp channel
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