LAHORE: With two gold medals, Punjab won the inaugural National Women’s Boxing Championships at the Wapda Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Punjab’s Rukhsana Perveen won the gold medal, when she toppled Memona Bibi of Balochistan in the light weight category on points.

Arzoo Ashraf seized the second gold medal for Punjab in the middle weight category as she defeated Sofia Javed of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the final.

Razia Bano of Sindh clinched a gold medal in the flyweight category when she outclassed Khoushleem Bano of Punjab in the final.

Sports Board Punjab secretary Aamir Jan gave away the prizes to the women boxers. He also announced Rs15000, Rs10,000 and Rs5,000 each for all the gold, silver and bronze medalists of the event respectively.

Results:

Women’s flyweight (48-51kg) final: Razia Bano (Sindh) bt Khoushleem Bano (Punjab).

Women’s lightweight (57-60kg) final: Rukhsana Perveen (Punjab) bt Memona Bibi (Balochistan).

Women’s middleweight (69-75kg) final: Arzoo Ashraf (Punjab) bt Sofia Javed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Monday’s results (quarter-finals):

Men’s 49kg: Mehroze Ali (PAF) bt Eidullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Mohibullah (Wapda) bt Muhammad Saeed (Army).

Men’s 52kg; Ameer Hamza (Wapda) bt Bashir Ahmed (Police); Muhammad Asif (Army) bt Hamid Hussain (Sindh); Noor Ali (Railways) bt Mian Uzair Saeed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Men’s 56kg: Naqeeb Ullah (Wapda) bt Shair Baz (Railways); Muhammad Raza (Army) bt Muhibullah (Police); Afzal Rehman (KE) bt Ahmed Afridi (Sindh).

Men’s 60kg: Muhibullah (Balochistan) bt Sheraz (Navy); Niamatullah (PAF) bt Gul Muhammad (Police); Ali Ahmed (Wapda) bt Ashraf (Railways).

Men’s 64kg: Suleman Baloch (Army) bt Qadir

Khan (Navy); Adnan Hasan (PAF) bt Hamza

Khan (Gilgat Baltistan); Sardar Muhammad (Wapda) bt Naqeebullah (Balochistan).

Men’s 69kg: Amir Khan (Wapda) bt Muhammad Amjad (PAF); Gulzaib (Army) bt Munir Ahmed (Navy); Ehsanullah (Punjab) bt Shah Muhammad (Railways).

Men’s 75kg: Tanveer Ahmed (Navy) bt Faisal Khan (KE); Javed Akhtar (Railways) bt Hashmatullah (Islamabad).

Men’s 81kg: Naeem Khan (PAF) bt Jamal Shah (Balochistan); Awais Ali (Army) bt Noor Ullah (Raiwlays); Niamatullah (Wapda) bt Ehsanullah (KE).

Men’s 91kg: Mehmood ul Hasan (PAF) bt Sanaullah (Wapda); Ahmed Ali (Army) bt Muhammad Amin (Police).

Men’s +91kg: Mirza Azam (PAF) bt Ali Murtaza (Railways); Waqar Ahmed (Army) bt Nadir Khan (Navy); Hafeezullah Hamza (Punjab) bt Yasir Jameel (Sindh).

Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2018