Tabia (R), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. For the past six months about a dozen girls, aged 8 to 17, have gone to the Pak Shine Boxing Club after school to practice their jabs, hooks and upper cuts. Pakistani women have been training as boxers in small numbers and competed in the South Asian Games last year, said Younis Qambrani, the coach who founded the club in 1992 in the Karachi neighbourhood of Lyari, better known for internecine gang warfare than for breaking glass ceilings. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Aamna, 11, waits for the start for her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Tabia (L), 12, fights against Aamna, 11, during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Students of a madrasa (religious school) gather to a watch girls' bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Urooj, 15, spits water between rounds in her bout during the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





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, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Arisha, 9, takes instructions from coach Younus Qambrani during an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Misbah, 17, takes part in warm up exercises at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Azmeena, 16, takes part in warm up exercises at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Tabia, 12, removes her shoes after finishing an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Javeria (L) and Mehek check a selfie after an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Girl trainees pose for a group photograph with their coach Yunus Qambrani and assistant coach Nadir at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 20, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





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, February 20, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A friend wraps the hand of a boxer competing in the Sindh Junior Sports Association Boxing Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan February 21, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A view of the entrance of the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 20, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Mehek, 15, who has her hands wrapped, takes part in an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 19, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Arisha, 9, punches Misbah during an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 20, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Anum, 17, punches padding with her coach Younus Qambrani while others observe during an exercise session at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Karachi, Pakistan February 20, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)