From time to time, we have witnessed some of the well-celebrated Pakistani sports personalities showing their support for the skilled youth and speaking out for them but this time around, it is different.
“They just need to get Pakistan a medal”
As per the information retracted from the original post, famous YouTuber Junaid Akram has taken a brilliant initiative to support the talented young fighters of Pakistan and we can’t be more proud. Akram has signed four professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters and has pledged to bear all their expenses from traveling to endorsements and asked them to just focus on bringing Pakistan a medal.
Here’s the post from Junaid Akram’s Facebook
Details of the fighters are:
Abdullah Chandio aka “Bad Boy” – National Champion 2020 and winner of KO1 International fight night 2022 (Karachi vs Afghanistan).
Anil Khokhar aka “AK47” – winner of TK amateur kickboxing championship Dubai 2017 and winner of KOI International fight night 2022.
Aziq Chandio aka “The Professor” – winner of K7 redemption International fight night 2015 and winner of TK amateur boxing championship Dubai 2017.
Eman Faisal Khan aka “Falcon” – winner of KO1 fight night against the previous national champion and IMMAF Asian Championship bronze medalist.
Announcing the big news on Facebook, Junaid Akram wrote, “Always broke my heart to see non-cricketing athletes to be raising funds on their own to get a ticket to compete overseas. So I’ve signed 4 MMA fighters so they don’t have to worry about travelling and endorsements anymore. I take care of everything, they just need to get Pakistan a medal”.
Hopefully, we’ll see more inspiring people like Junaid Akram supporting the cause in the coming years.
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