“I now want the world title I’ve proved to be the best in Africa in my weight,” Mukala told boxersworld.co.ke
DR Congo’s South Africa-based Patrick Mukala clinched the vacant IBO All Africa middleweight title with a sixth-round TKO victory over Angola’s Christiano Ndombassy at the Galleria, Sandton, in Johannesburg on Friday, August 1.
“I now want the world title, I’m the best middleweight in Africa,” Mukala told boxersworld.co.ke today in a telephone interview from his house in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He put up a devastating show of power-punching that saw the South Africa-based Angolan make one trip to the canvas in the first round courtesy of Mukala’s powerful right punch to the temple.
- This was an indication of the direction the fight would take as from then on Ndombassy was on his bike trying all means to avoid Mukala’s ferocious onslaught, pepeering the Angolan with a pawing jab followed by his big right punch.
Confident he was in the driver’s seat, the showboating Mukala fought with his guard down enjoying himself and punching the Warrior of Faith like a speeball. Realising he could not cope up with Mukala’s volume of punishment, Ndombassy wisely refused to answer the bell for the sixth round.
An ecstatic Mukala celebrated his TKO win with his signature two-fisted cross sign hugging his victim to encourage him not to give up.
“I dominated the fight from the first round knocking him down to show him I’m the master ,” said Mukala.
“He was tough in his own way but he didn’t land any strong punch on me I finished the fight very fresh.
“The IBO title is another collection to my career I now want the world title.”
Mukala improved his record to 17-2-1, 15 KOs. This was his sixth victory on the trot since losing to South Africa’s Rowan Campbell in 2019. Ndombassy aka The Warrior of Faith dropped to 14-9-0, 11 KOs.
