PBF National Youth Boxing Championship 2019 in February
About 7 teams are to take part in the 2019 National Youth Boxing Championship which will be staged by the end of February in Karachi.
Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is all set to organize yet another national level boxing event in the country which has been named as "The National Youth Boxing Championship 2019" that will feature 4 provincial, 2 autonomous territories and 1 federal territory teams will participate.
As disclosed by Secretary PBF, Nasir Tung this championship will be held for both male and female boxers of under 18 years of age and the bouts for male boxers would be held in eight (8) different weight categories, while competitions for female pugilists would be held in five (5) different weight categories.
"It will be for the first time that female boxers will be contesting in a National Youth Championship," he said adding that the event would help promote women boxing in the country.
Participating teams are namely stated below:
1. Balochistan
2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3. Punjab
4. Sindh
5. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
6. Gilgit-Baltistan and
7. Islamabad
Pugilists from the above mentioned teams will be seen in action competing hard against each other in the upcoming matches so as to earn top honors
in the national championship.
The federation would also hold National Ranking Championship in March, this year in which boxers from different departmental teams as well as those of regions would take part. "Boxers of all weight categories will get a chance to showcase their skills in the event and rise to prominence at the national level.
These events will provide us a chance to closely monitor the skills of our pugilists and then select them for international assignments" he said.
He also said that after the conclusion of the National Ranking championship the federation would announce rankings of national pugilists in all weight categories and this ranking will be announced purely on the basis of merit.
