Pakistan Boxing Federation

The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is the governing body of amateur boxing in Pakistan. The Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation (PBF) organizes all amateur matches countrywide. They're also responsible for scouting and raising boxers from Pakistan to compete on a worldwide level. Boxing in Pakistan is slowly rising in popularity due to which boxers who can win World Titles might appear.

Pakistan Boxing Federation
SportAmateur Boxing
AbbreviationPBF
Founded1948 (1948)
AffiliationInternational Boxing Association
Regional affiliationFederation of Asian Amateur Boxing
HeadquartersKarachi
PresidentMuhammad Khalid Mahmood

Pakistan has seen success at amateur level boxing, despite lack of necessary equipment and facilities. They have won medals at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Examples include Quetta born Haider Ali who won gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games at featherweight, and went on to become a professional boxer and Asgher Ali Shah who is a two time Olympian with 13 gold and 10 silver medals at the international level. The two biggest examples we can get are Hussain Shahs olympic medal at seoul 1988 and Muhammad waseems commonwealth silver both whom became Pakistan's first pro boxers.

In January 2012, a body of professional boxing in Pakistan has been formed. It is named as Pakistan Professional Boxing League. PPBL is headed by Umer Toor and it is a separate body than PBF.

Pakistan’s most successful boxer Muhammad Waseem became the first Boxer in South Asia to challenge for a world title, and the first to be ranked in the top 20.

Affiliation

References
  1. "ASBC". Asiaboxing.org. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. "Pakistan Sports Board". Sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
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