NAIROBI, Kenya, June 21 – The Kenya amateur boxing team is strutting their stuff. Three more Kenyan boxers advanced to different stages of the ongoing African Boxing Championships that started on Monday in Congo Brazaville. Shaffi Bakari beat Joshua Kizza of Uganda on points in the Light Fly weight category while in the Lightweight, Corporal…
The Nigerian contingent can be found all over in Brazzaville, Congo, usually with smiles on their faces. On Tuesday, two more Nigerian male boxers, Richard Egowa and Owolabi Lawal, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2017 African Boxing Championships (World Boxing Championships qualifiers). In the men’s light heavyweight division, Egowa knocked out Uganda’s…
The Uganda amateur boxing team continues to show their mettle. Welterweight Muzamir ‘King Kong’ Kakande launched a successful campaign on Wednesday, June 19, 2017 with a 3-0 victory over DR Congo’s Tshabu Nzoba at the African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC) in Brazzaville, Congo. The unanimous decision victory prepares Kakande for longer fights, contrary to…
The Rwanda Amateur Boxing Federation (RABA) was angered by the news that the Rwanda amateur boxing team cancelled travel plans to Brazzaville, Congo, for this year’s African Boxing Continental Championships. Originally, Rwanda Amateur Boxing Association (RABA) had planned to send a team of four boxers namely; Zakariya Niyonagize (55kg), David Nsabimana (57kg), Jean Pierre…
The Ghana amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers, will not compete in the African Boxing Championship in Brazzaville, Congo. The Bombers’ absence at these important games is the result of the government’s failure to deliver money allocated to the team for this event. Ghana’s Youth & Sports ministry, headed by Isaac Kwame Asiamah, failed…
The Botswana amateur boxing team is in Congo to take part in the All Africa Boxing Championships, but some big names fell by the wayside. Tswiigi, Zwinila and the Bagwasi brothers, Kabelo and Kagiso did not board the plane to Congo. Botswana Boxing Asssociation (BoBA) public relations officer, Kenny Maragana said the selection was performance…
Experienced lightweight Nick Okoth and light heavyweight Elly Ajowi lead the National Boxing Team; twelve boxers for the African qualifiers of the World Boxing Championships that boxes-off in Congo Brazzaville from tomorrow to June 24. At long last, the team flew out to the Central African country on Friday morning after Boxing Association of…
Kampala — The Bombers, the Uganda amateur boxing team, travels Friday to Brazzaville, Congo for the Africa Confederation Boxing Championship. All, except Reagan Ssimbwa who boxed at the 2015 All-Africa Games, are eyeing a continental debut and have no teammate or coach around to paint them a clear first-hand picture of Africa’s most prestigious…
No fewer than 14 boxers on the Nigeria Amateur Boxing team are currently in camp under the supervision of the national team coach, Anthony Konyegwachie, preparing for the Africa Championship set for June 17 to June 25 in Congo. Konyegwachie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the event…
The Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) national team is currently taking advantage of the postponement of the All Africa Boxing competitions to further put boxers into shape. The competitions were originally scheduled for end of March this year, but will now take place from June 17-25 in Congo Brazzaville. National team coach, Lechedzani Luza told Mmegi…