{"id":77263,"date":"2025-06-13T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77263"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:57:55","slug":"laura-akram-makes-history-with-pakistans-first-ever-womens-medal-in-world-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/laura-akram-makes-history-with-pakistans-first-ever-womens-medal-in-world-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Akram makes history by winning Pakistan&#8217;s first-ever women&#8217;s medal in World Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a groundbreaking achievement for Pakistan, the British-Pakistani women&#8217;s boxer Laura Akram has secured the country\u2019s first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistans-shaheer-afridi-triumphs-over-indian-opponent-in-thailand-boxing-match\/\">world-level medal<\/a> at the prestigious World Boxing Challenge, held in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Akram delivered a dominant performance in her quarterfinal bout against Palestine\u2019s Noura Salman and in the 57kg category earned a place in the semifinals, ensuring a spot on the podium.<\/p>\n<p>This is Pakistan&#8217;s first-ever world-level medal in elite women\u2019s boxing at the world level, a historic feat for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Akram, 39, who began competing for Pakistan internationally in 2023, managed to secure a stellar 5-0 victory and will face Mongolia\u2019s Michidmaa Erdenedalai in semi-finals.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/imyousafanjum\/status\/1933221483721220492\">\n<p>As part of Olympic-style boxing events, all semifinalists are awarded a bronze medal, irrespective of the final outcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the conclusion of the World Boxing Challenge, Akram will turn her focus to the upcoming World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan, from June 30 to July 6, before heading to Liverpool for the 2025 World Championships.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-instream\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a groundbreaking achievement for Pakistan, the British-Pakistani women&#8217;s boxer Laura Akram has secured the country\u2019s first-ever world-level medal at the prestigious World Boxing Challenge, held in the Czech Republic. Akram delivered a dominant performance in her quarterfinal bout against Palestine\u2019s Noura Salman and in the 57kg category earned a place in the semifinals, ensuring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":77264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29433,29434],"class_list":["post-77263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-laura-akram-boxing","tag-laura-akram-medal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77266,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77263\/revisions\/77266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}