Boxer Muhammad Ali Zahid to turn professional
Date published: 30 November 2015
Boxer Muhammad Ali Zahid to turn professional
Rochdale amateur boxer Muhammad Ali Zahid, who won the Haringey Box Cup and was also a national university champion, now plans to turn professional.
His father Zahid said: “Ali has now finished his graduation at Edge Hill University and can now fully focus on his dream of becoming a future world champion.
“His ambition is fill Rochdale football ground in the near future and working hard consistently.
“Therefore he has turned professional.
"In his amateur days of boxing he won gold at the Haringey Cup and Celtic Cup.
"He will be fighting at welterweight division.
“I was determined to see Muhammad gain an education, which he has done, at the same time as pursuing a boxing career.”
Zahid's debut fight is on Saturday 12 December at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
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