▪️The Mombasa-based Kombo will be representing his new club Police with the possibility of a permanent job
March 30, 2026
Defiant Mwinyi Kombo aka Giant Killer has declared total war against his rivals in the Kenya Open Boxing Championships scheduled for Kaloleni Social Hall from April 1-4.
Mwinyi arrived in Nairobi today, March 30, 2026, and trained with the rest of his Police teammates at Mathare Depot.
“I’m not here for a wedding, it’s war in the ring, Chris Juma has been talking a lot but I’ll speak with my fists in the ring,” Kombo told boxersworld.co.ke
Known for his lethal punches, Kombo said his rivals will see a new Kombo.
“Some claim I just use power without strategy, I’m very calculated in my boxing,” said Kombo who won featherweight silver in the 2025 Africa Zone 3 Championships losing in the finals to Uganda’s Kassim Murungi.
Unconfirmed reports have it that on the eve of his departure to Nairobi, Kombo spent the night solo in one of the Coastal beaches, perhaps talking to his ancestors.
Kombo was on top of his game in the 2024 Kenya Open, knocking out Isaac Meja and 2022 Africa Championships silver medallist Sam Njau who has since maintained a loud silence. At his best Njau can rock.
In a past interview, Kombo told me how he beat Njau.
“My strategy worked, I tricked Njau into playing my game ‘akaingia box’ (fell into my tricks) that’s how I finished him,” said Kombo.
“I was not just throwing punches at random, I was aiming at the target, I knew Njau moves a lot so I decided to box flat-footed cutting in and hitting him hard where it mattered. He couldn’t stand my power punches because I know I’m strong.”
Kombo explains how he finally KO’d Njau.
“He threw a one-two, I ducked and hit him with my powerful right uppercut and followed it with a left hook to the chin that finished him.”
Kombo went on to defeat Chris Juma, who outsmarted international Shaffi Bakari of Police enroute to a deserved points win in the quarter-finals.
“I can’t underrate Juma, he’s taller than me, he’s fast and a clever boxer but I have a new powerful dose for him,” said Kombo ahead of a possible rematch with the sensational form four schoolboy at Mwiki Secondary in Nairobi.
Kombo started boxing in 2012 at Changamwe Boxing Club in Mombasa, and singles out former Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) boxers, featherweight Shaban Wangalwa and bantamweight George “Spider” Opiyo, for giving him a firm foundation in boxing. He moved to Kongowea Boxing Club in 2017 landing into the safe hands of coach William Okumu whom Kombo said opened the door for him to fight outside Mombasa.
“Opiyo was a stylish boxer, he taught me all the tricks like changing my game to confuse my opponent, feinting as well as being unpredictable. Shaban mostly taught me punching accurately with power and various training exercises. I can’t forget Opiyo and Shaban, they made me what I am today.”
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