MBITHE WILL KISS THE CANVAS, DECLARES COACH CHAIR
▪️Raundi hii ni ngori Faith is in top shape to terrorise her opponents, says the coach
A bullish coach of Nairobi County John Ochieng “Chair” has sounded a warning to soldier Corporal Veronica Mbithe aka Pioneer of KDF.
“This time it’s not going to be business as usual when they meet in Mombasa,” Chair told boxersworld.co.ke in an interview.
“She will fall because Faith is prepared for any opponent that will stand before her,” roared Chair, adding: “Faith is ready to execute, to terminate and to terrorize her opponents in the ring.”
Interestingly, this time around Mbithe and Faith Nafuna aka Fekete have remained tight-lipped ahead of their eagerly awaited fourth encounter in the second leg of the Kenya National Boxing League at the Alliance Francaise in the posh Nyali neighbourhood, Mombasa.
The two top Kenyan female light-flyweights were due to clash in the first leg of the league in Busia on the Kenya-Uganda border.
Nafuna was spoiling for a fight with her nemesis Mbithe having previously lost thrice to Kenya’s first ever female boxer to be recruited by KDF and the first female pugilist to be promoted to the rank of Corporal. Indeed a feat of no mean achievement.
The fight did however not take place because, for unknown reasons, Mbithe’s KDF Boxing Club was not in Busia.
Now that KDF have confirmed their participation in Mombasa, Nafuna, 20, has a golden chance to redeem herself to avoid becoming Mbithe’s regular customer.
Since her promotion, Mbithe, a product of coach Charles Mukula at Muthurwa Dallas Gym, has changed her approach in the ring.
She is now boxing with more authority, maturity and command as if to remind her opponents who is she is in KDF. Gone are the days of swimming boxing.
The last time the duo clashed was in the Kenya Open finals with Mbithe, a silver medallist in the African Military Games in Abuja, putting up a perfect crisp-punching show to decision Nafuna.
Will Nafuna accept to be beaten for the fourth time in a row by Mbithe? Much will depend on her mental approach to this thriller.
