Amir Khan needs Pakistani boxers to bring home Olympic decorations

Amir Khan needs Pakistani boxers to bring home Olympic decorations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-starting point boxing champ Amir Khan has said that he needs to get ready boxers in Pakistan who can battle and win awards for the nation in Olympics and other worldwide occasions. 

"I need Pakistani boxers to win awards in Olympics and other universal titles," Khan said while conversing with media after an instructional course with neighborhood players at Amir Khan Boxing Academy in the Pakistan Sports Complex here on Friday. 

It has been 24 years since Pakistan has won an award in the Olympics. The seven players who challenged in the current year's Rio recreations were all thumped out before meeting all requirements for the last round. 

Khan, who frequently visits the foundation amid his stay in Pakistan to prepare the neighborhood boxers, said he was awed to see Pakistanis appreciating boxing. 

"Youngsters in Pakistan need to wind up boxers," the British boxer said. 

As a patron for the foundation, Khan said he needed to accomplish something uncommon for advancement of confining Pakistan. 

"I am not here for any cash making plan. What I am doing is just for Pakistan to win the awards in boxing." 

Khan met Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif not long ago, who guaranteed him of his full backing in his central goal of advancing confining and preparing youth Pakistan, he told columnists. 

He trusted that Pakistan would have the capacity to deliver sufficiently talented boxers in next couple of years who could go ahead to contend on a worldwide level. He said he needed to set up a group and create confining structure Islamabad. 

"We have to bolster confining Pakistan, this is the reason I am here." 

Boxers from different urban communities have been welcome to join his institute in Islamabad. 

"Individuals have ability and potential. We need to push them and propel to go to the boxing ring," Khan said. "I need everybody to go to the exercise center and get their ability cleaned." 

"I trust confining will thrive Pakistan in coming years." 

Khan likewise declared his goal to welcome remote mentors to his foundation for preparing nearby boxers in consequent days. 

Amir Khan turned into Britain's most youthful boxing medalist at 17 years old.