The Walton Refrigerator National 13th Intermediate and 1st Junior Women’s Boxing Championship will get underway today at the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in Paltan.
A total of 150 participants from different divisional sports organisations, district teams, services teams and clubs will take part in the meet. The four-day long tournament will conclude on August 31.
The events of the intermediate category are - 46, 49, 52, 56, 60 and 69kg while the events of the women’s junior category are - 36, 40, 45, 50 and 55kg.
Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy will inaugurate the meet as chief guest while Walton additional director and head of games & sports FM Iqbal bin Anwar Dawn, popular actor Masum Parvez Rubel and Walton sports ambassador Jobera Rahman Linu will be present as special guests.
“Boxing is a popular sports and it has many prospects. We have sponsored before and we will continue to help the game. The reason is that we want to get the glory of boxing back,” said Dawn at a press conference yesterday when the details of the tournament were revealed.
