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A combination photo shows students of coach Younus Qambrani posing with their boxing gloves at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Pak Shaheen Boxing Club in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Arisha, 9, takes instructions from coach Younus Qambrani during an exercise session. For the past six months about a dozen girls, aged 8 to 17, have gone to the Pak Shaheen Boxing Club after school to practice their jabs, hooks and upper cuts.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Assistant boxing coach Nadir helps Urooj, 15, put on her headgear before the start of her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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A friend wraps the hand of a boxer competing in the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Tabia (R), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Tabia (L), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Mehek, 15, takes part in an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Misbah, 17, takes part in warm up exercises at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Urooj, 15, spits water between rounds in her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Anum, 17, punches padding with her coach Younus Qambrani while others observe during an exercise session. Pakistani women have been training as boxers in small numbers and competed in the South Asian Games last year.Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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