Abdul Rasheed Baloch
- Lightweight
- Light welterweight
- Welterweight
Abdul Rasheed Baloch (born April 7, 1972) is an Olympian and professional Pakistani boxer. As an amateur, he was the Pakistan captain from 1997 to 1998. He took part in the 1996 Olympic Games; he won his first fight against a Mexican boxer and lost his second match against a Kazakhstan boxer in 67 kg.[1][2]
Career
In 1995 he won:
- Silver in the 1995 South Asian Games;
- Gold in the Agon Cup, Malaysia;
- Gold in the Quaid-i-Azam International Cup;
- Silver in the KESC Cup;
- Bronze in the Giraldo Cordova Cardin International Boxing Tournament, Cuba;
- Silver in the Green Hill Cup, Pakistan.
He moved to Japan and became professional in 1999. Rasheed fought Joel Burke for the NSW Middleweight title in 2001, and won. He went on to fight for the vacant OBA light middleweight title against John Wayne Parr but lost because he had a broken right hand.
He was Pakistan champion from 1993 to 1998.
He competed in:
- National Games, 1997–98
- 7th Saf Games India, 1995
- China Cup, 1995
- 9th Mayor's Cup, Philippines, 1996
- Asian Championship, Malaysia, 1997
- 10th Mayor's Cup, Philippines, 1998
- Green Hill Cup, Pakistan, 1998
- Asian Games, Thailand, 1998
In 2001 in Australia he won the NSW title in middleweight. In 2004-05 he went to Liberia training the Pakistan Army boxing team in a United Nation mission. In 2014 he retired from boxing in 2014 with the record of 6 wins out of 18 professional fights.
Professional boxing association
In 2016, Baloch set up the Pakistan Boxing Association. In 2017, he formed the Pakistan Professional Boxing Federation, later renamed the Pakistan Boxing Council, with Baloch its first president. He stepped down in 2024.
References
External links
- Home page
- Boxing record for Abdul Rasheed Baloch from BoxRec (registration required)
- Youtube page
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