KARACHI: A four-member boxing squad will feature in the first AIBA China Open International Boxing Championship, to be held from April 3-11 in Guiyang while another three-member squad will participate in the first Baghdad International Youth Open Championship, to be held from April 2-11 in Baghdad.
Mohammad Waseem (flyweight), Naimatullah (bantamweight), Nisar Khan (middleweight) and Mir Waiz (super heavyweight) would contest in the China Open Championship.
Iqbal Hussain will accompany the team as its manager while Akram Khan would be the referee judge.
Arshad Hussain will be the coach of the team during the tournament.
Pakistan Boxing Federation President Doda Khan Bhutto will join the team on April 7 and will hold a meeting with AIBA President Ching Kuo Wu.
Teams from more than forty countries will be seen in action during the eleven-day tournament.
Meanwhile, Mohib Bacha (light-flyweight), Qadir Khan (featherweight) and Riaz Cheema (lightweight) will represent Pakistan in the inaugural Baghdad Youth tournament.
Abdul Majeed (coach) and S. Mohammad Shareef (referee judge) would accompany the team. Around twenty countries would contest for top honours in the tournament.
