Islamabad
Pakistan Professional Boxing League (PPBL) has said that it would follow World Boxing Council’s (WBC) guidelines as well as government’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to hold its first ever Arabian Sea Title Fight in the country.
Sports events around the globe were canceled, suspended or adjusted in some way due to the coronavirus spread.
“The pandemic has forced cancellation or postponement of dozens of WBC approved marquee fights in various parts of the world. We were also forced to put on hold our fight for an indefinite period,” the PPBL Chairman Syed Nauman Shah told APP.
The fight in which pugilists from several countries were set to box was originally scheduled to take place on April 24 in Islamabad.
He said the PPBL was in constant touch with WBC and soon as it would get nod from it, there would be no delay to announce a new date for the event.—APP
