The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is the governing body of

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Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. The Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation (PBF) organizes all amateur matches countrywide. It is also responsible for scouting and raising boxers from Pakistan to compete on a worldwide level.

Notable boxers

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 Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

-born Haider Ali who won gold at the

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in the featherweight event, and went on to become a professional boxer. Asghar Ali Shah is a two-time Olympian with 13 gold and 10 silver medals at international level.

Hussain Shah Syed Hussain Shah () (born August 14, 1964) is a retired Pakistani boxer from Lyari, Karachi Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the country ...

won a bronze medal in the middleweight event at the

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, while

Muhammad Waseem Muhammad Waseem (born 29 December 1989) is a Pakistani professional boxer who challenged twice for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title in 2018 and in 2022. Known for his quick and swift style of boxing, Waseem is nicknam ...

won bronze and silver medals at the

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and

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. In 2017, a body of professional boxing in Pakistan has been formed. It is named a
Pakistan Boxing Council
PBC is headed by Olympian boxer

Abdul Rasheed Baloch Abdul Rasheed Baloch (born April 7, 1972) is a Pakistani boxer and Olympian. As an amateur, he was the Pakistan captain from 1997 to 1998. In the 1996 Olympic Games, he won his first fight against a Mexican boxer but lost his second match again ...

who later stepped down as president in 2024, with Zaigham Baloch being announced as the new president. it is only and separate body from PBF. Pakistan’s most successful boxer

became the first Boxer in South Asia to challenge for a world title, and the first to be ranked in the top 20.

Affiliation

* International Boxing Association *

Asian Boxing Confederation The Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) is the Asian not-for-profit governing body with 42 member countries in amateur boxing. It is a member of the world amateur boxing governing body International Boxing Association (IBA). The ASBC is headed by ...

Pakistan Olympic Association Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), also known as the National Olympic Committee of Pakistan (NOC; , acronym: POA), is the national Olympic organization in Pakistan. It was established in 1948 to oversee the active participation of the newly ind ...

Pakistan Sports Board Pakistan Sports Board () was established under the Ministry of Education in 1962 as a corporate body for the purposes of promoting and developing uniform standards of competition for sports in Pakistan comparable to the standards prevailing inter ...

References

Punjab Media Coordinator and IT Incharge

External links

Official Website
Boxing in Pakistan

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National members of the Asian Boxing Confederation Sports organizations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Pakistan National members of World Boxing {{boxing-stub