Pakistan Boxing Federation

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

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 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 Shah's olympic medal at seoul 1988 and Muhammad Waseem's commonwealth silver both whom became Pakistan's first pro boxers.

In 2016, a body of professional boxing in Pakistan has been formed. It is named as Pakistan Boxing Council PBC is headed by Olympian boxer Abdul Rasheed Baloch and it is only and separate body from 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.

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

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