{"id":8765,"date":"2026-08-01T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:37:54","slug":"pakistans-fatima-zahra-makes-history-with-commonwealth-games-boxing-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Fatima Zahra Makes History with Commonwealth Games Boxing Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GLASGOW:<\/strong> Pakistani boxer <strong>Fatima Zahra<\/strong> has made history by winning a <strong>bronze medal<\/strong> at the Commonwealth Games, becoming the <strong>first Pakistani woman to earn a boxing medal<\/strong> in the history of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Competing in the <strong>women\u2019s 60kg category<\/strong>, Fatima Zahra reached the semifinals, where she faced a boxer from <strong>Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian athlete held a <strong>4-1 advantage<\/strong> after the opening round. During the second round, the referee stopped the contest, resulting in Fatima Zahra&#8217;s defeat and ending her bid for the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the semifinal loss, Fatima secured the <strong>bronze medal<\/strong>, as losing semifinalists in Commonwealth Games boxing are awarded bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her achievement marks a significant milestone for Pakistan, as it is the country&#8217;s <strong>first boxing medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The medal also represents a historic breakthrough for women\u2019s boxing in Pakistan, with Fatima Zahra becoming the <strong>first Pakistani female boxer<\/strong> to stand on the Commonwealth Games podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the tournament, Fatima advanced to the semifinals by defeating <strong>Jordan Wilson of New Zealand<\/strong> in the quarterfinals of the 60kg division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her performance has been widely hailed as a landmark achievement for Pakistani sport and women&#8217;s boxing, highlighting the growing talent and potential of female athletes representing the country on the international stage. Fatima Zahra\u2019s success is expected to inspire a new generation of young Pakistani boxers to pursue the sport at the highest level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLASGOW: Pakistani boxer Fatima Zahra has made history by winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Pakistani woman to earn a..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439143_2686860_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8767,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions\/8767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}