Iran Summons 26 Pugilists

The Iranian pugilists are to compete in two international events in China and Pakistan in March and May, which are the qualifying bouts for 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

The following boxers will start their training sessions in the Azadi Sports Complex, 10km west of Tehran, Saturday.

Coaches Iraj Malek-Hosseinpur, Gholamreza Karimi, Mahmud Kayhani, Esfandiar Mohammadi, and Bijan Batmani are steering the boxers and Mahmud Mossaedian is the team's technical manager.

48kg:

Hassan Shalikar, Hossein Pur, Massud Biranvand

51kg:

Mojtaba Faraji, Iman Tayyebi

54kg:

Akbar Ahadi, Shahu Shariati

57kg:

Houman Karami, Morteza Ya'qublu, Ebrahim Ermashi

60kg:

Reza Alborzian, Mohammad Asheri, Nureddin Chegini

64kg:

Reza Qassemi, Morteza Sepahvand

69kg:

Mahdi Qorbani, Alireza Dehqan

75kg:

Salman Karimi, Qaed Rahmati

81kg:

Taher Jabbari, Mohammadreza Qaruni

91kg:

Ali Mazaheri

+91kg:

Alireza Esteki, Mohammadreza Nusheh-Mehr, Ruhollah Hosseini, Hossein Haj-Khani

KK/IS

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MNA