The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is the national governing body of amateur boxing in Pakistan. It is responsible for organizing and regulating amateur boxing competitions across the country and for the identification, development, and the selection of boxers to represent Pakistan in international competitions.
Pakistan has seen success at amateur level boxing, despite lack of necessary equipment and facilities. They have won medals at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Examples include Quetta-born Haider Ali who won gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the featherweight event, and went on to become a professional boxer. Asghar Ali Shah is a two-time Olympian with 13 gold and 10 silver medals at international level. Hussain Shah won a bronze medal in the middleweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, while Muhammad Waseem won bronze and silver medals at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
In 2017, a body of professional boxing in Pakistan has been formed. It is named the Pakistan Boxing Council PBC is headed by Olympian boxer Abdul Rasheed Baloch who later stepped down as president in 2024, with Zaigham Baloch being announced as the new president. it is the only separate body from the PBF.
PakistanâÂÂs most successful boxer Muhammad Waseem became the first Boxer in South Asia to challenge for a world title, and the first to be ranked in the top 20.