17 Facts About Anwar Chowdhry

Anwar Khurshid Chowdhry was a Pakistani sports official who was president of the International Boxing Association from 1986 to 2006.

Anwar Chowdhry's career spanned almost three decades in which he made contributions to boxing around the world.

Anwar Chowdhry is widely credited with inventing the Computerized Scoring System.

Anwar Chowdhry was offered a lecturer position in the NED Engineering College Karachi in 1950 and served in the capacity till 1958.

Anwar Chowdhry was the head of the Mechanical and Engineering Department of NED till his retirement in 1977.

Anwar Chowdhry worked as secretary of the Pakistan Boxing Federation from 1959 to 1984 and acted as PBF's president from 1984 to 2004.

Anwar Chowdhry was the honorary director of sports at the University of Karachi.

In 1962, Anwar Chowdhry laid the foundation of the Asian Boxing Federation and served as its unopposed secretary general from 1962 to 1990.

Anwar Chowdhry had the distinction to act as International Boxing Association vice-president from 1966 to 1974.

Anwar Chowdhry remained AIBA President for record 20 years.

Anwar Chowdhry was declared the best judge of 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Anwar Chowdhry was ousted as president of the AIBA by Taiwan's Wu Ching-kuo, who secured 83 votes against Anwar Chowdhry's 79.

Khurshid Anwar Chowdhry being the president of AIBA, and an engineer by profession, devoted two years and after intensive research invented Computerized Scoring System which was an integral part of the International Boxing Scoring System until 2013.

Anwar Khurshid Chowdhry died in 2010 at the age of 86 from a heart attack.

Anwar Chowdhry is survived by three daughters Dr Sonia Shakeel, Fumi Chowdhry, Mina Chowdhry and his Japanese wife Michiyo Yanagawa Chowdhry.

Prominent among those who attended his funeral were president of Pakistan Boxing Federation Doda Khan Bhutto, a number of former Pakistani international boxers who came to limelight when Anwar Chowdhry headed the Pakistan Boxing Federation, former international athlete Muhammad Talib and a large number of friends and admirers.

Anwar Chowdhry was conferred Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee in 1992.