Malihabad: Walk through the boulevard with solid mango trees, the interesting sound leads you to ‘squared circle’ where a group of petite girls in a boxing vest and busy shorts is busy punching hard in the sandbag that is hung and coat the mango tree trunk.
Everything between 7 and 17, the trainee bottom boxer praises from the background that is marginalized with parents of some who work under minga or sell vegetables.
Everything between 7 and 17, Trainee’s bottom boxer praised from the marginalized boxing facilities in the countryside of Malihabad, almost 43 km from Lucknow, has issued at least 10 district level boxers and one national level under the Junior category in recent years.
In addition to taking rings for professional achievement, 87 boxers, especially women, have learned to protect themselves from attacks and attacks.
“I began with the intention of teaching boxing as a sport of defense self to girls but for years dozens of teenage boxers I had brought a medal,” coach Mohammad Saif Khan, 47.
Based on the background of agriculture with families mainly involved in the Mango business family , Khan has competed at the state level in Uttarakhand once.
However, the heartburning incident of the heart of about 15 years again forced this heavy-class boxer to shift the focus of mango agriculture to train self-defense techniques to girls.
“A young girl in my neighborhood was raped and I could not do anything to bring justice for her when her family was worried that disclosing information about sexual violence would bring a bad name to the family,” said Saif, who now ’empowers women’ from the region.
One of his students, Kamna Harur, 15, has won two district gold medals.
The youngest among the six sisters, he joined the Saif boxing center this January.
“After completing my intermediary this year, I wanted to continue with boxing and reached at the national level.
Boxing empowers me and also makes me confident to oppose the bully,” said Kamna, whose mother Ramshri was taken to work after her husband Mohan was married to a decade then.
Likewise, Anamika, 17, the only girl who reached the national level to play in the quarter-finals in the championship held in Nagpur in 2018, said, “Within five months joining Saif’s Sir Coaching, I reached national level games.
My old is a daily wage worker and unable to pay a diet needed for boxing, but I will continue to play because I want to be chosen for the Olympics.
“Impressed with the intention of Saif, Lucknow’s curling unit has been holding hands with him and often holds camps in rural belts To teach adolescents about sexual violations and ways to oppose it.
“Saif has done an extraordinary work with children under special in the rural belt of Mangkalabad who is famous for Mango.
We hope he gets funds to continue boxing,” said Sangeeta Sharma, Coordinator of Lucknow Countrine.