Lebanon Boxing celebrated their Independence Day which is marking the country’s independence from the French Mandate in 1943.
Lebanon formally gained independence from the French mandate on this day 82 years ago in 1943 during the World War II, ending the 23 years of mandate period. The day is celebrated with national events, military parades, official ceremonies, and national addresses by their President.
Lebanon became the founding member of the Arab League in 1945 and also a founding member of the United Nations in the San Francisco Conference on that year. The French troops withdrew completely from Lebanon until December 31 in 1946.
Lebanon sent one boxer to the London 1948 Olympic Games which was their first participation in the international stage of boxing. The country has sent also one boxer to the next Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. Lebanon competed altogether in six editions of the Olympic Games, last time in the 1988 Seoul edition with three boxers.
Lebanon participated with one boxer to the Beijing 1990 Asian Games where Nabil Masri lost his first preliminary contest against a Pakistani opponent. Lebanon returned to the boxing event of the Asian Games in 1998 where Bilal Masri (81kg) and Ali Abbas Mansour (+91kg) represented the country and both lost in the quarter-finals.
Their first big international success was achieved by Ali Abbas Mansour, who claimed bronze medal in the Tashkent 1999 Asian Boxing Championships.
Lebanon’s next flag bearer, Najid Salloum defeated Mongolia’s Narmandakh Shinebayar in the quarter-finals of the middleweight (75kg) in the Zhuhai 2009 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships which guaranteed his nation’s second Asian bronze medal after 1999.
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