AFRICA CHAMPION MOGUNDE ROBBED IN ADDIS ABABA
▪️ Shigali beaten clean by Ethiopian boxer
Africa light-middleweight champion Boniface “The Hammer” Mogunde (pictured left wearing a cheeky grin) was amused rather than disappointed losing to Ethiopia’s Daniel Abenezere.
It was obviously one big joke by the shameless Ethiopian judges.
His wry amusement after the Ethiopian was declared the winner shows Mogunde treated the defeat with the contempt it deserved.
That’s probably why he took it easy and relaxed after the outrageous decision was announced in the boxing finals of EAPCCO Sports Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday, May 1.
“It’s so annoying when you know you’ve beaten your opponent and then he’s given the victory,” Mogunde told boxersworld.co.ke in an interview from Addis Ababa.
Went on Mogunde: “I’m cool because I know I won, I’m just praying I meet my opponent again away from home without the assistance of home judges, he’ll cry in the ring. It’s so irritating, even the fans were also surprised how the Ethiopian won.”
The head coach of Police Boxing Club, David Munuhe, was also shocked by Mogunde’s defeat.
“Bonny played very well dominating all the three rounds, it’s disheartening he lost unfairly,” said Munuhe.
On the defeat of welterweight Joseph Shigali by Ethiopia’s Ermiyase Mesefen, Munuhe said the Ethiopian deserved to win the fight.
“Shigali fought a taller opponent he was not prepared for, he kept him at a distance, and was not successful whenever he tried to fight from the inside,” said Mogunde commenting on the defeat of his teammate.
The Addis Ababa sports festival is for cops in Eastern Africa. Boxing has attracted only three countries, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
