Jun 11, 2016, 4:25 PM
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Veteran Iranian boxing champion passes away at 75

Jun 11, 2016, 4:25 PM
News ID: 82108527
Veteran Iranian boxing champion passes away at 75

Tabriz, June 11, IRNA – Ali Abbasi, the veteran boxing champion of Iran and Asia, passed away at 75 in Tabriz, northwestern Iran on Saturday.

Abbasi was born in Tabriz in 1940. He became the champion of Iran and Asia in the 1960s and coached different boxing teams in East Azarbaijan province and Tabriz.

He received bronze medal in 1966 Asian games in Bangkok, Thailand and clinched a gold medal in the 1967 Asian Boxing Championship in Sri Lanka.

He also coached the national Iranian boxing team to 1974 Asian games.

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