KENYA WINS GOLD EVEN BEFORE THE FINALS FIRST BELL ON FRIDAY WITH DRC THE MAIN THREAT
▪️ The defending champions have 17 boxers in the finals, Kenya 16, Uganda 9, Tanzania 5, Cameroon 2 and Ethiopia one as the Africa Zone 3 boxing tournament enters the climax_
▪️ Finals start at 1pm on Friday at Kasarani Gym with 25 bouts on the card
The wheat has sorted out itself from the chaff with Kenya and DR Congo all set for a bruising battle in the finals of the Africa Zone 3 Boxing Championships on Friday, October 24, at Kasarani Gym from 1pm
DR Congo made no secret on their intention to win the Zone 3 title for the third time in a row by entering 17 boxers – eight men and nine women – in the finals while Kenya breathing down their neck have 16 finalists – eight men and women apiece. Uganda have nine, Tanzania five, Cameroon two and Ethiopia one.
The nine male DR Congo finalists in the finals and their opponents are:
Men
Minimumweight: Mayala Tsimba vs Kenya’s Silus Onyango
Bantamweight: Kalongo Bakora vs Uganda’s Ochien Samuel
Lightweight: Kitangila Mweba vs Tanzania’s Ezra Paul,
Light-welterweight: Njibu Njibu vs Uganda’s Maniloba Farahat
Welterweight: Kabengela Ntumba vs Uganda’s Edward Mukwaya
Middleweight: Kinda Wetu vs Uganda’s Ojok Alfred
Cruiserweight: Matete Kankonde vs Kenya’s Chris Ochanda
Super-heavyweight: Mukwasa Emo vs Cameroon’s Zacharie Mvogo
Women
Minimumweight: Diyoka Benedicte vs Ethiopia’s Fetan Kele
Flyweight: Nyembo Gisele vs Kenya’s Faith “Fekete” Nafuna
Featherweight: Phone Kerene vs Uganda’s Fatuma “The Thunder” Nabikolo
Lightweight: Munga Zalia vs Kenya’s Emily Juma
Light-welterweight: Mbalay Mbamba vs Cynthia Mwai
Light-middleweight: Muleketsi Nsii vs Kenya’s Friza Asiko
Middleweight: Mwamba Lulua vs Kenya’s Liz Andiego
Light-heavyweight: Malewu Tekasala vs Kenya’s Lorna Kusa
Heavyweight: Tshimwanga Kande vs Tanzania’s Veronica Ebron
DR Congo’s bronze medallists: light-heavyweight Nlandu Mbeli, Mbangi Mukiewa, bantamweight Bisambu Bawo and welterweight Lusamba Mbayo
Kenya is assured of one gold already even brfore the start of the finals with deputy captain Boniface “The Hammer” Mogunde taking on compariot Alvin “Liwalo Liwe” Oduor in an all-Kenyan final in the light-middleweight division.
The Kenyans will be represented by 16 boxers in the finals – eight men and women apiece.
Men
Minimumweight: Silus Onyango
Flyweight: Diouf “Bashday” Muimi vs Cameroon’s Issouhou Mouhaman
Featherweight: Mwinyi Kombo vs Uganda’s Kasim Murungi
Light-middleweight: An all-Kenyan affair with Boniface Mogunde vs Alvin Oduor
Cruiserweight: Chris Ochanda vs DR Congo’s Matete Kankonde
Light-heavyweight: Humphrey “Jakababa” Ochieng vs Tanzania’s Yusuf Changalawe
Heavyweight: Peter “The Beast” Abuti vs Uganda’s Abdul Aziz
Women
Light-flyweight: Veronica Mbithe vs Uganda’s Brenda Muduwa
Flyweight:
Faith “Fekete” Nafuna
Bantamweight: Amina Martha Faki vs Tanzania’s Zulfa Macho
Lightweight: Emily “Ring Princess” Juma
Light-welterweight: Cynthia Mwai
Light-middleweight: Friza “Smiling Assasin”
Asiko
Middleweight: Liz Andiego
Light-heavyweight: Lorna Kusa
Kenya’s bronze medallists: Minimumweight Abednego Kyalo, featherweight Paul Omondi, light-weight Caleb Wandera, welterweight Wiseman Kavondo, middleweight Edwin Okong’o and super-heavyweight Clinton Macharia, minimumweight Jane Wangare and light-flyweight Lencer Akinyi
Uganda have nine boxers in the finals:
Men
Bantamweight: Ochien Samuel
Featherweight: Kasim Murungi
Welterweight: Edward Mukwaya
Middleweight: Ojok Alfred
Heavyweight: Abdul Aziz
Uganda’s bronze medallists are flyweight Angel Katushabe, Erina Namutebi, flyweight Matovu Livingstone, lightweight Adriko Jimmy, light-middleweight Kanabi Alex and super-heavyweight Tabula Emmanuel
Tanzania will be represented by five boxers in the finals.
Men
Lightweight: Ezra Paul
Light-heavyweight: Yusuf Changalawe
Women
Bantamweight: Zulfa Macho
Welterweight: Salma Yahya vs Uganda’s Emily Nakalema
Heavyweight: Veronica Ebron
Tanzania’s nine bronze medallists: minimumweight Martha Kimaro, flyweight Sarafina James, featherweight Zawadi Amos Kutaka, lightweight Vumilia Twalibu, middleweight Salma Changalawe, light-heavyweight Rachel Msengi, flyweight Azizi Waziri, bantamweight Faki Issa Fake and light-middleweight Kasim Mbundwike.
