Abid Khan: Former boxer who drives pick-up auto returns to coaching after viral video
Days after a video of former Chandigarh boxer Abid Khan, who drives a pick-up auto in Chandigarh, went viral on the social media web sites together with micro-blogging app Twitter, Khan is again to teaching youngsters on the park close to his EWS flat in Dhanas, Chandigarh. The video of 60-year-old Khan, who’s a diploma holder in teaching from the Nationwide Institute of Sports activities (NIS), Patiala, has been shared by the likes of Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh, 2010 CWG champion Manoj Kumar and Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar and the previous Chandigarh champion boxer finds this recognition as a motivational power to begin teaching.
“It’s the results of the motivation and assist of all of the sports activities lovers that I’m teaching youngsters in no matter means I can. Up to now too, I needed to pursue teaching however there was no motivation or assist. Now I’m glad that individuals have gotten to find out about me and I need to present the identical ardour in teaching as I used to indicate whereas boxing in my youthful days. It’s good to know that individuals like Vijender, Manoj and Farhan Akhtar have come to assist me and after I get to speak with them, I’ll inform them that they’ll get to see champions from my teaching,” shared Khan.
That is heartbreaking but so inspiring to see how humbly this sportsperson has coped with unfulfilled ambition. Are you able to please share his contact particulars? @duggal_saurabh https://t.co/QNC0RvlQ7q
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 15, 2021
A a number of Panjab College Inter-School champion, Khan, who had seven siblings, would additionally declare bronze medal in North India Senior Boxing Championship at Phillaur, Punjab, in 1982 adopted by silver within the subsequent version at Shimla earlier than he received the title within the Seventh North India Senior Boxing Championship at Chandigarh in 1985. Regardless of finishing his NIS diploma in 1988, no job and monetary instability would imply that Khan would work as taxi driver in Saudi Arabia within the 1990’s. After his return to India, Khan began working as a driver and loader for a personal agency and later ran his personal pick-up auto earlier than it was scrapped.
“After I had began boxing, I assumed it’s going to assist my household to enhance our monetary situation. After I accomplished the diploma from NIS, I attempted rather a lot for a job but it surely was of no avail and I went to Saudi Arab for work. After my return, I plied my pick-up auto beginning 2004 earlier than the auto was scrapped and I needed to work as a driver-loader lately. All these years made me consider that on this nation, poor sports-persons solely undergo,” says Khan.
Final month, a few of Khan’s associates had began a drive to rearrange funds for Khan but it surely was solely after the video obtained viral that many of the boxers are coming to assist Khan. “I’ve identified Abid since 1980 as we competed in lots of nationals collectively. It was mixture of his uprightness and dangerous luck which resulted in him getting no job. Earlier, I had supplied him to purchase a brand new pick-up however he had refused. We hope that he might be helped in a means that it helps him in long run,” mentioned Harjinder Pal Singh, former secretary, Chandigarh Boxing Affiliation.
जब ज़िंदगी में जीने का जज़्बा हों तों रास्ते बन भी जाते है और सहायता भी हो जाती है बस आगे बढ़ने की इच्छा हों, भाई @duggal_saurabh को भी आभार जिसने इनके जज़्बे को एक नई दिशा दिलाने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका दिखायी, अगर आप नहीं इनकी पहचान करवाते तों इनका सपना कभी पूरा नहीं होता। जयहिंद https://t.co/8gfhxR1NSP
— Manoj Kumar 🇮🇳 (@BoxerManojkr) April 16, 2021
Whereas Khan has urged individuals to not donate cash to him, boxers really feel that assist ought to are available a means to assist him set a training centre or a job. “We collected greater than Rs 60,000 and deposited in his checking account. He has solely accepted as we’re his associates and we need to see him again to boxing in a means or two,” shares former nationwide champion and Chandigarh Police Inspector Jasbir Singh.
2010 CWG Champion Manoj Kumar aside from Dronacharya awardee coach Shiv Singh are additionally gathering assist from fellow boxers. “Abid was considered one of most technical boxers of his occasions and we’re working to get him into predominant stream teaching. Having seen him in his youthful days, I’m positive he’ll do it with the identical ardour,” says Singh. “After I obtained to find out about Abid sir, I shared with fellow boxers and we need to get him again to teaching,” mentioned Kumar.
As for Khan, he’s busy instructing youngsters straight punches. “My coach Balkar Singh at all times instructed me to first grasp the straight punch and that’s what I’m telling the children,” says Khan.
