Saudi Arabia's boxing pioneer Zuhayr Al Qahtani: 'We're here to prove something, and to win titles'2:55 Zuhayr Al Qahtani - Saudi Arabia's first boxer Zuhayr Al Qahtani - Saudi Arabia's first boxerSaudi Arabia's first boxer realised he could be a trailblazer when he tried, and failed, to seek inspiration from predecessors that did not exist. It was in my mind to be not just the first Saudi boxer, not just the first Saudi world champion, but the first Saudi multiple-weight world champion. Zuhayr Al Qahtani's ambitions are wildly ambitious but why not? "After that fight I was walking on the beach and noticed a group of guys staring at me," Al Qahtani remembered. "I was ready for a confrontation but they said: 'Are you Zuhayr Al Qahtani?

Source: Sky sports November 13, 2019 06:02 UTC