has there ever been a good fighter form pakistan or india?

ferroz · Post by **ferroz** » 24 Feb 2004, 23:31

I have tried looking for a noteworthy fighter now or in the past that is from india or pakistan but to no avail can you guys help me?

crooked nose · Post by **crooked nose** » 25 Feb 2004, 12:20

Mahatma Gandhi - tough flyweight from Calcutta back in the 30s and 40s. Had stamina, great chin, rigorous training regimen but no punching power. Lost a lot of bad decisions because of his lack of aggression.

Palais · Post by **Palais** » 25 Feb 2004, 19:14

Gurcharan Singh, active heavyweight from India, undefeated in 15 fights

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 25 Feb 2004, 19:48

Palais wrote:Gurcharan Singh, active heavyweight from India, undefeated in 15 fights

To paraphrase Current Scene troll nasty:

NOBODY CAN BEAT GURCHARAN SINGH WHEN HE IS 100% MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY FOCUSED

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 26 Feb 2004, 00:38

or at least no two that you can name.

zurdo · Post by **zurdo** » 26 Feb 2004, 01:39

Sakaria Ve a journeyman welterweight of the 70's who mixed it up with several high ranking fighters including Clyde Gray, Michael Olijide and the redoubtable In Chul Baek, I believe, was of Indian decent even though he hailed from Fiji...

Yii · Post by **Yii** » 01 Mar 2004, 00:18

That Curcharang Singh so nearly won a medal at the Sydney Olympics too. To get to the games speaks of tallent in it self. To get that far there, means he can really box. He competed in the LightHeavyweights and beat a Korean and a SouthAfrican, Denie Venter who later as a pro, lost a slpit verdict for the SouthAfrican heavyweight title. In the Quarter finals his match against Ukraine's Andrei Fedchuk ended even 12-12. Singh lost the medal on a countback. And since he did lose, he must not have been physically focused, of course.

More accomlished as a pro would be former (from March 2000 to November 2001) British welterweight champion Harry Dhami, who's parents I believe came from India.

Even better would be current IBO welterweight "world" champion Jawaid Khaliq. He's held that title for 2 & a half years and defended it 8 times, agains desent opponents (not the best in the world but still good everyone of them). He's rated #7 in the world by BoxRec, if that means anything. His parnets come from Pakistan.

Also the brightest future hope in the amateur ranks over there in Britain is called Amir Khan. His parents are also from Pakistan. He's just 17 years old and under theit local rules too young to compete in the adult ranks. I believe they made some sort of an exeption for him so that he was able to go to the amateur European championships this week in Croatia, to try and win a medal and thus a ticket to the Athens Olympics this summer. I also belive this was his very first adults tournament. He lost and didn't get his Olympic ticket. He can still try at another qualifying tournament later, but the amateurs from the former Soviet states are so good and many of them are compeating for the same couple of places, it's hard to imagine this inexperienced kid beating them yet. Aparently he had not lost for years. He had also been offered a chance to represent Pakistan in the Asian olympic trials, but he chose to try for GreatBritain. It must have been easier in Asia. He is said to an exeptional tallent and he got his face on the cover of the famous BoxingNews trade paper the other week. They never have amateurs on the cover.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 01 Mar 2004, 04:22

Well it wasn't his first senior tournament. His first was in Germany at the Adidas BoxGala. He won all three of his bouts.