20 KENYAN BOXERS IN ACTION ON MONDAY, EDWIN OKONG’O FIGHTS AGAINST GEORGE COSBY AGAIN
▪️ Uganda have 10, DR Congo 9, Tanzania 8, Rwanda and Gabon 5 each, Ethiopia 4 and Cameroon 3
Hosts Kenya have 20 boxers in the ring on Monday, October 20, in the opening bouts of the Africa Zone 3 Championships at the Kasarani Gym, Nairobi.
Six Kenyans will battle against each other in the 32 quarter-final bouts.
The first session of 16 bouts will see African Games middleweight champion Edwin Okong’o taking on his friend George Cosby. The last time they met was in the national league in September this year with Okong’o winning on points at Nakuru’s Madison Square Garden.
In the second session, national light-welterweight champion Cynthia Mwai meets debutant Sylvia Obwamu while national heavyweight champion Peter “The Beast” Abuti battles debutant John Oyugi.
Defending champions DR Congo have nine boxers on the opening day among them Africa Championships silver medallist Zola Tulembekwa meeting Tanzania’s Azizi Waziri who made his international debut in the 2024 Mandela Cup in Durban, South Africa.
The other Tanzania boxer fighting on Monday is Commonwealth Games light-middleweight bronze medallist Kassim Mbundwike who will square it out with DR Congo’s Anderson Manzongo.
Cameroon’a Africa minimumweight champion Wouang Martial will feature in the second bout of the first session against Gambia’s Ndjembi Faustin.
The 20 Kenyan boxers in action on Monday, October 20.
First session from 2pm
Minimumweight:
Silas Onyango vs Abel Abatiye (Ethiopia), Abednego Kyalo vs Juma Athman Juma (Tanzania)
Bantamweight:
Emmanuel Chondo vs Bakora Kalongo (DRC), Shaffi Bakari vs Aime Iranezeza (Rwanda)
Lightweight:
Washington Wandera vs Ezra Paul (Tanzania), Ethan Maina vs Jimmy Adriko (Uganda)
Welterweight:
Joseph Shigali vs Edward Mukwaya (Uganda), Wiseman Kavondo vs Mouhamed Oumarou (Cameroon)
Middleweight:
Edwin Okong’o vs George Cosby
Second session from 7pm
Bantamweight:
Sheila Auma vs Roman Assefa Abate (Ethiopia)
Light-welterweight:
Cynthia Mwai vs Sylvia Obwamu
Flyweight:
Diouf Muimi vs Valentin Ntabanganyimana (Rwanda), Kelvin Maina vs Livingstone Matovu (Uganda)
Featherweight:
Mwinyi Kombo vs George Constantino (Tanzania)
Light-welterweight:
Caleb Wandera vs Pacific Niyonzimana (Rwanda), Aloice Vincent vs Maniloba Falahat (Uganda)
Heavyweight:
Peter Abuti vs John Oyugi
A total of 123 boxers – 81 men and 42 women – from nine countries taking part in the Nairobi event. They are hosts Kenya, defending champions DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon and Ethiopia.
A total of 32 fights are on the card on Monday, 16 in the first session from 2pm and another 16 in the second session beginning at 6pm. Come and watch some of the top boxers in the region in a battle of wit, skills, power, speed, endurance and perseverance.
Entrance is free of charge
