In September 1988, Pakistan sent a boxer named Hussain Shah to the Olympics in Seoul. Barely literate and living in a shanty in Lyari, one of Karachi’s most fetid slums, he was not expected to win. He ...

Food, football and history mingle in Karachi's oldest settlement. And a boxing coach teaches girls to defy stereotypes.

In a male-dominated sport and a conservative country, Shahnaz Kamal is the only international female coach registered with the boxing federation of Pakistan -- and she's doing her best to nurture a ...

Usman Wazeer has emerged as one of Pakistan’s most-talked-about young athletes. Known as the “Asian Boy”, the welterweight boxer from Gilgit-Baltistan has built an impressive professional record, ...

Pakistan boxing received a major boost as a landmark Pakistan-Kazakhstan collaboration officially commenced with the arrival of two elite Kazakh boxing coaches arrived in Islamabad to conduct a ...

Some Pakistani parents send their daughters to train in boxing -- an exotic hobby in this conservative country -- because it is not safe on the streets. About a dozen girls, aged 8 to 17, have gone to ...

Begin has secured multi-year market rights for Zuffa Boxing, the newly launched professional boxing league led by Dana White. Under the agreement, Begin will hold exclusive market rights in Pakistan ...

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Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed wants a boxing match with legendary Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan. Abrar, who picked up six wickets in the Asia Cup 2025, was asked to name a cricketer whom he doesn’t like ...