{"id":162366,"date":"2025-09-23T02:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162366\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T02:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:18:08","slug":"khan-urges-clean-sport-ahead-of-bluewater-boxing-promotions-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162366\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan urges clean sport ahead of Bluewater Boxing Promotions \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boxing trainer Faiyaz Khan has joined the fight against drugs, sending a stern message to promoters and fighters across the country to steer clear of substance abuse.<\/p>\n

Khan, who has been involved in the sport for a good number of years, says the future of boxing depends on discipline and clean competition, urging young athletes to treat the ring as a place of respect, not shortcuts.<\/p>\n

This comes as the countdown continues for the highly anticipated Bluwater Boxing Promotions, which is set to take centre stage at Prince Charles Park in Nadi this Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA message to the promoters, to the promoters in the country and to the veteran fighters. Just a simple message. Say no to drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khan, who is training 61-year-old veteran boxer Sunil Dutt, is also urging youngsters to get involved in sports\u2014not necessarily boxing, but any activity that keeps the body moving\u2014especially with the rising cases of non-communicable diseases in the country.<\/p>\n

He is also calling on the people of Nadi and those around the country to come out and support the veteran professional fighters and local boxing promoters.<\/p>\n

The event is expected to draw fans from across Fiji as veteran and rising boxers step into the ring.<\/p>\n

The FMF Bluewater Boxing Promotions will be held this Friday at Prince Charles Park in Nadi.<\/p>\n

You can watch it LIVE on our online streaming platform Viti Plus.<\/p>\n

Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+. Anytime. Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Photo Credit: Supplied] Boxing trainer Faiyaz Khan has joined the fight against drugs, sending a stern message to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-162366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}