C T Online Desk: Renowned Bangladeshi origin English boxer Ruqsana Begum is all set to make Bangladesh debut at the Beximco XBC Fight Night, scheduled to take place at InterContinental Dhaka Tuesday.
The international professional boxing event, organized by Xcel Sports Management and Promotions, will feature some of the finest boxers from England, France, India and Thailand, as they battle the Bangladeshi boxers.
Ruqsana, who is also a world kickboxing champion, is in Dhaka to participate in the meet and will face local boxer Tanjila Tanjila in the ring.
“I’m really excited to compete here in Bangladesh. Even though I live in London, my roots are in Bangladesh. It’s such an honor to be a part of this prestigious boxing tournament and I’m glad that XBC is organizing this fight night,” said Ruqsana during a press conference at Gulshan Club Monday.
A total of 14 participants will be competing in the ring across seven different categories – featherweight, light heavyweight, bantamweight, cruiserweight, fly weight, lightweight and welterweight.
The tournament will start with a six-round bout of bantamweight class between two Bangladeshi boxers.
Sura Krishna Chakma and Al Amin, the winners of the pro-boxing event in 2022, will feature this time as well.
“This is the first time in Bangladesh that professional boxing will be held with the WBU Female Intercontinental Flyweight Championship belt on the line. This is a historic moment for women’s pro-boxing in Bangladesh.” said Adnan Haroon, chairman of Bangladesh Boxing Foundation.
This year, Beximco is the title sponsor and Premier Bank the co-sponsor.
The gold sponsors are 5R Securex and Innstar, while the silver sponsors are Kloth, Trade Majestic Ltd, Unicom, Executive Machines and Pepsi.
Besides, TNR, Bongo, T Sports, InterContinental Dhaka and bKash will feature as partners for this event as well.
