10/12/2025

The Kenyan twice Africa Championships bronze medallist, Robert Okaka, opens up on the challenge he faced against the tough Russian opponent but like a soldier he fought to the last bullet…

It’s all in boxersworld.co.ke on Thursday, East Africa’s first ever boxing website.

Africa now remains with three boxers, two Zambians Patrick Chinyemba and Emmanuel Katemba and Mali’s Djibril Traore all in the semi-finals of the $8.32m IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Dubai. The battle is getting more intensive with boxers aiming to pocket the alluring prize money at stake.

10/12/2025

Zambia’s boxing posterboy Patrick “Baddo’ Chinyemba romped through to the $75,000 bracket with a well deserved points win over Kazakhstan’s 2021 Asian champion Sabit Daniyal to become the second African boxer to qualify for World Championships semi-finals at the Dubai Sports Complex on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

Chinyemba’s higher ring IQ saw him outsmarting and outwitting the Kazakh boxer to make it to the $75,000 money bracket.

The African Games flyweight champion and Paris Olympics quarter-finalist cleverly piled on points on the backfoot to join Mali’s Djibril Traore in the semis.

“I now want to Hasanboy!!” Chinyemba roared from Dubai when I spoke to him on phone.

For a long time now Chinyemba has been baying for the blood of Uzbekistan’s defending world flyweight champion and double Olympic Games gold medallist Hasanboy Dusmatov.

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Mali’s Djibril Traore ended Africa’s eight-year medal drought by punching his way to the semi-finals of IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Dubai on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

The stocky Traore, a bronze medallist at the 2024 African Championships, engaged Spain’s Sergio Martinez in a toe-to-toe phonebooth exchanges to win the middleweight quarter-final bout via a unanimous decision .

Traore moves to the $75,000 semi-final stage and has also ended Africa’s eight-year medal drought in this competition.

Cameroon’s super-heavyweight Arsene Fokou Fosso, now fighting as a pro boxer in Australia, was the last African boxer to win a medal – bronze – in this prestigious tournament at the 2017 Men’s World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, Germany.

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Photo by widely travelled BFK Paparazzi Duncan Kuria aka Sugar Ray mwana Dallas who is Dubai

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Even the commentator was shocked! How on earth did Kazakhstan’s glamour boy Saken Bibossinov win the first and second rounds enroute to a suspicious victory over Zambia’s gritty African Games silver medallist Mwengo Mwale. He expressed his surprise why there was no live scoring.

Mwale was in the driver’s seat in the first and second rounds with perfectly-timed digging body shots and short right uppercuts which time and again tore through Bibossinov’s guard.

A flyweight gold medallist at the 2021 Worlds in which he beat rival Uzbekistan’s legend Hasanboy Dusmatov, Bibo came back strongly in the third round with Mwale – perhaps confident he had won the first and second rounds – not as aggressive as he was but the commentator said with no live scoring it was difficult for his coaches to know Bibo had surprisingly won the first round 4-1 and second one unanimously. Mwale lives to fight another but he has made a clean $10,000.

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▪️After the round of 16, Africa remains with 12 boxers from nine countries who have qualified for the quarter-finals 

▪️IBA’s entry list shows a total of 128 boxers from 34 African countries entered the 2025 Men’s World Boxing Championships in Dubai

▪️Cape Verde’s Olympic Games bronze medallist David Pina blames coach following his 5-0 defeat by Serbia’s Artur Nagapetjan as nine African boxers qualify for quarters on Day Six.

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Africa will be represented by 12 boxers from nine countries in the quarter-finals of the 23rd edition of IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships at Dubai Tennis Complex today, December 10, 2025.

Zambia leads Africa with three boxers in the $10,000 money bracket followed by Mozambique with two boxers.

The three Zambians in the quarters are African Games flyweight champion Patrick “Baddo” Chinyemba, bantamweight Mwengo Mwale and light-welterweight Emmanuel Katemba both silver medallists at the Accra African Games.

African Games featherweight silver medallist Armando Sigauque and Commonwealth Games light-middleweight silver medal winner Tiago Muxanga are the two boxers from Mozambique.

The rest of the seven countries have one boxer each in the quarter-finals.

Here they are : Cruiserweight Adriano Kiana (Angola), cruiserweight Pita Kabeji (DR Congo), light-heavyweight Robert Okaka (Kenya), middleweight Djibril Traore (Mali), flyweight Fabrice Valerie (Mauritius), featherweight Mathibule Sigwela (South Africa) and welterweight Bob Turyatemba (Uganda).

Nine boxers out of 19 in action on Day Six qualified to the quarters to join three others who made it to the last eight on Day Five.

Among the casualties was Olympic Games bronze medallist David Pina who lost by unanimous points to the tough big-punching Serbian Artur Nagapetjan in the bantamweight division.

“I blame my for not telling I was trailing on points in round one and two, he only told me in the third round by then it was too late,” Pina told boxersworld.co.ke

Kenya’s Paul Omondi and Tanzania’s Issa Faki were also bundled out with Omondi joining compatriot Washington Wandera who lost on Day Five.

Zambia’s Paris Olympics quarter-finalist Patrick Chinyemba was the most impressive African winner on Day Six with an emphatic points victory over Moldova’s Ion Plinga who punched the air for the better part of the three rounds failing to connect on the swift moving Zambian whose ring antics added more flavour to his win.

IBA’s entry list shows Africa entered 128 boxers from 34 countries in the World Championships in Dubai. The 12 in the quarters are the only ones remaining in the competition.

The quarter-final pairings involving the 12 African boxers:

Flyweight

Patrick Chinyemba (Zambia) vs Daniyal Sabit (Kazakhstan)

Fabrice Valerie (Mauritius) vs Bair Batlaev (Russia)

Bantamweight

Mwengo Mwale (Zambia) vs Saken Bibossinov (Kazakhstan)

Featherweight

Armando Sigauque (Mozambique) vs Abdrei Peglivanian (Russia)

Masibule Sigwela (South Africa) vs Khustravkhon Rhakhimov (Tajikistan)

Light-welterweight

Emmanuel Katema (Zambia) vs Pavel Fedorov (Serbia)

Welterweight

Bob Turyatemba (Uganda) vs Alexandru Paraschiv (Moldova)

Light-middleweight

Tiago Muxanga (Mozambique) vs Sergei Koldenkov (Russia)

Middleweight

Djibril Traore (Mali) vs Sergio Martinez (Spain)

Light-heavyweight

Robert Okaka (Kenya) vs Dzhambulat Bizhamov (Russia)

Cruiserweight

Adriano Kiana (Angola) vs Georgii Kushitashvili (Georgia)

Pita Kabeji (DR Congo) vs Aliaksei Alfiorau (Belarus)

Round of 16 opening day 

SESSION 9 — December 8, 2025, 17:00

Session 9A

67 kg — Round of 16

Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) vs Armen Mashakaryan (IBA Pro) — 4:1

Cassio Santos Oliveira (Brazil) vs Sanatali Toltayev (Kazakhstan) — 0:5

Zakaria Romdhani (Tunisia) vs Bob Gerald Turyatemba (Uganda) — 0:5

Zhandos Askhar (Mongolia) vs Alexandru Paraschiv (Moldova) — 0:5

 80 kg — Round of 16

Arlen Lopez Cardona (Cuba) vs Rida Talib Jabbar (Iraq) — Arlen Lopez Cardona (Cuba) won due to opponent’s no-show.

Nekruz Salimov (Tajikistan) vs Ardzhan Iseni (North Macedonia) — 4:1

Daniel Ilyushonok (Israel) vs Artyom Ageev (Serbia) — 0:5

Omorbek Bekzhigit Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) vs Javokhir Ummataliyev (Uzbekistan) — 0:5

92 kg — Round of 16

Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez (Azerbaijan) vs Agustin Matias Veron (Argentina) — Alfonso Dominguez won by KO in Round 2.

Bakyt Toktosun Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) vs Andrei Zaplitny (Moldova) — Zaplitny won by KO in Round 1.

Turabek Khabibullaev (Uzbekistan) vs Kalil Luan Brazil Paiva (Brazil) — Khabibullaev won by TKO in Round 3.

Karamba Kebe (Senegal) vs Julio Cesar La Cruz Peraza (Cuba) — 0:5

92+ kg — Round of 16

Ayoub Gadfa Drissi El Aissoui (Spain) vs Fernando Alejandro Arzola Lopez (Cuba) — Arzola Lopez won by TKO in Round 1.

Arman Makhanov (Uzbekistan) vs Vladislav Smyaglikov (Belarus) — 5:0

Session 9B

67 kg — Round of 16 

Tomás Ian Cazazza (Argentina) vs Zaur Kaghramanov (Azerbaijan) — 0:5

Matheus Barbosa da Costa (Guinea-Bissau) vs Evgeny Kool (Russia) — Evgeny Kool won by KO in Round 1.

Almaz Orozbekov (Kyrgyzstan) vs Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) — 0:5

Vadim Vauciok (Belarus) vs Vakhid Abbasov (Serbia) — Vadim Vauciok won due to opponent’s no-show.

80 kg — Round of 16

Jambulat Bizhamov (Russia) vs Yerasyl Zhakpekov (Kazakhstan) — 4:1

Robert Nehemiah Okaka (Kenya) vs Youssef Rafrafi (Tunisia) — Okaka won by TKO in Round 3.

Zachary Brown (Australia) vs Artush Ovannisyan (Armenia) — 1:4

John Didier (Saint Lucia) vs Gazimagomed Jalidov Gafurov (Spain) — Jalidov Gafurov won by TKO in Round 2.

92 kg — Round of 16

Emmanuel Reyes Plaa (Spain) vs Nurmagomed Yusupov (Kazakhstan) — 4:1

Leo Nicholson (Australia) vs Narek Manasyan (Armenia) — Manasyan won by TKO in Round 2.

Vaghkan Nanitsanyan (Greece) vs Unaloto Tuineau Havea (Tonga) — Nanitsanyan won by TKO in Round 3.

Abdullah Rajapov (Cambodia) vs Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) — 0:5

92+ kg — Round of 16

Nurlan Saparbay (Kazakhstan) vs Iman Ramezanpour Delvar (IBA Pro) — 4:1

Muhammad Abroriddinov (Tajikistan) vs Davit Chaloyan (Armenia) — 0:5

Session 10A

 48 kg — Round of 16

Edmond Khudoyan (Russia) vs Kobamelo Molatlhegi (Botswana) — 5:0

Kobi Hunt (Australia) vs Mayala Nsimba Jeremie (DR Congo) — Kobi Hunt (Australia) won due to opponent’s withdrawal.

Mihai Porombac (Moldova) vs Lal Prasad Upreti (Nepal) — 0:5

Divendra Singh Solanki (India) vs Temirtas Zhussupov (Kazakhstan) — 0:5

60 kg — Round of 16

Abdumalik Khalokov (Uzbekistan) vs Enrique Kakulov Mamedova (Spain) — 5:0

Artyush Gomtsyan (Georgia) vs Mukhammadali Ashiraliyev (Azerbaijan) — 0:5

Matvejs Prokudinsh (Latvia) vs Washington Wandera Wabweere (Kenya) — 5:0

Ebenezer Ankrah (Ghana) vs Artur Bazeyan (Armenia) — 0:5

75 kg — Round of 16

Saidjamshid Jafarov (Azerbaijan) vs Ali Amr Ahmed Abdalla (Bahrain) — 5:0

Vahtang Arutyunyan (Armenia) vs Fazliddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan) — 0:5

Sabyrzhan Akkalykov (Kazakhstan) vs Tauirimatea Toheriri-Hallett (New Zealand) — 5:0

Juan Camilo González González (Colombia) vs Miroslav Kapuler-Ishchenko (Israel) — 1:4

92+ kg — Round of 16

George Hola (New Zealand) vs Myrzakir Koshaliev (Kyrgyzstan) — 0:5

Ariitea Yannick Putua (French Polynesia) vs David Surov (Russia) — 0:5

Session 10B

 48 kg — Round of 16

Shodierzhon Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) vs Anvarzhan Khodzhiev (Kyrgyzstan) — 5:0

Subkhan Mamedov (Azerbaijan) vs Mehron Shafiev (Tajikistan) — 5:0

Baregam Arutyunyan (Armenia) vs Teerapat I-Tan (Thailand) — 4:1

Danil Hasika Tissaarachi (Sri Lanka) vs Sahil Alakhverdovi (Georgia) — 2:5

60 kg — Round of 16

Akmal Ubaevodov (Tajikistan) vs Alen Rustemovski (North Macedonia) — 5:0

Serik Temirzhanov (Kazakhstan) vs Andrew Chilata (Zambia) — Serik Temirzhanov (Kazakhstan) won by KO in Round 2.

Ryspek Bektenov (Kyrgyzstan) vs Arilson da Silva Gonçalves (Brazil) — 2:5

Haymanot Desalen Zewdu (Ethiopia) vs Vsevolod Shumkov (Russia) — 0:5

75 kg — Round of 16

Alan Perry (Scotland) vs Davron Bozorov (Moldova) — Alan Perry (Scotland) won due to opponent’s withdrawal.

David Shtepa (Germany) vs Ismail Mutsolgov (Russia) — 0:5

Traoré Djibril (Mali) vs Mohommed Yuzain Yusaith (Sri Lanka) — 4:3

Sergio Martínez Martínez (Spain) vs Shakhobzhon Shukurov (Tajikistan) — 4:3

92+ kg — Round of 16

Sabbat Mark Zikama (Uganda) vs Dowlet Islamov (Turkmenistan) — Dowlet Islamov (Turkmenistan) won by TKO in Round 1.

Serge Mwogo Amogu Zakari (Cameroon) vs Mahammad Abdullaev (Azerbaijan) — 0:5

▪️Africa had 13 boxers in the pre-quarters on Monday but only three, Robert Okaka, Uganda’s Bob Turyatemba and Mali’s Djibril Traore qualified for the quarter-finals and are now in the $10,000 money bracket
▪️The second pre-quarters take place today with 19 boxers in action while a total of 82 have already been eliminated with 22 still in the competition

Dominant Robert Okaka produced a scintillating show of power-punching, superb timing and a relentless stream of accurate jabs to stop Tunisia’s Youssef Rafrafi in the third round at the Dubai Tennis Complex on Monday, December 8, 2025.

In seeing off the Tunisian, Okaka becomes the first ever Kenyan boxer in 43 years to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Men’s World Boxing Championships.

The last time Kenyan boxers made it to the quarter-finals in IBA’s signature event was in 1982 in Munich, Germany, through Olympics bronze medallist Ibrahim “Surf” Bilali and Hussein “Juba” Khalili who lost to the highly regarded Pernell Whittaker of the USA while Bilali was beaten by South Korea’s Yong-Mo Heo.

Fueled by his unyielding determination to excel at the big stage and the enticing IBA’s top prize money of $300,000, Okaka has been in devastating form in Dubai. The Kenyan soldier dominated Tunisia’s 2024 Africa Championships bronze medallist Youssef Rafrafi stopping him in the third round of the light-heavyweight round of 16.

Soon after the first bell, Okaka carried the fight to Rafrafi with accurate jabs to the body and upstairs. He floored Rafrafi with a solid right punch to the chin in the second for an eight count.

Stung by Okaka’s strong punches, the Tunisian began back-peddling with energised Okaka in pursuit. He was rattled by another dose of Okaka’s cracking right punch for two successive counts of eight. The referee then waved it off to save a well beaten Rafrafi from a possible disaster.

Jubilant Kenyans were in high spirits joined by boxers from other African countries to celebrate Okaka’s remarkable achievement.

In the course of this excitement, Botswana and Kenyan boxers nicknamed head coach Musa Benjamin the lGeneral for successfully plotting the downfall of the Tunisian.

“Right now I’m over the moon with Okaka’s historic victory and overall performance of our boxers,” a jovial General Musa told boxersworld.co.ke in an interview from Dubai.

“We have over the years put in countless hours, blood, sweat and sacrifice. We’re therefore very happy to see our efforts bear fruits through the good performance of our boxers.”

Musa was elated by Okaka’s authority in the ring.

“Okaka showed grit, heart, discipline, focus and made right adjustments, stuck to the plan and that’s how we stormed the quarterfinals in amateur boxing’s biggest and toughest competition. We hope to see Paul Omondi do the same today.”

As usual Okaka remained composed after demolishing the Tunisian boxer.

“First of all I thank God for what I’ve achieved and look forward to more victories,” said Okaka, adding:”I used my game plan in the first round plus what my corner had advised me to do. I’m happy all went according to plan, I’m very grateful to head coach Musa Benjamin our General.”

Kenya’s Paul Omondi is among the 19 African boxers in today’s round of 16 bouts taking on African Games featherweight silver medallist Armando Sigauque of Mozambique.

Cape Verde’s Olympic Games bronze medallist David Pina, African Games champion Patrick Chinyemba and three-times African champion Pita Kabeji of DR Congo take to the ring today with high hopes of victory.

Chinyemba is joined by compatriots, African Games silver medallists Mwengo Mwale and Emmabuel all with bright prospects of qualifying for the quarter-finals to make up for the defeat of their compatriot Andrew Chilata who was KO’d in the second round by Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov in the lightweight pre-quarters on Monday.

Africa heavyweight champion Karamba Kebe of Senegal gave a good account of himself against Cuba’s superstar Julio Cesar La Cruz who won by unanimous decision.

So far 82 African boxers have been eliminated from the competition with 22 still remaining in the race for major honours in Dubai.

▪️14 boxers from Tunisia, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon and DR Congo are in action in today’s opening round of 16 bouts 

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The eagerly awaited pre-quarters showdown between Cuba’s multiple Olympic and world champion Julio Cesar La Cruz and Senegal’s Africa heavyweight champion Karamba Kebe is the highlight of today’s IBA Men’s World Championships round of 16.

Kebe, a silver and gold medallist in the 2023 and 2024 Africa Elite Championships, is unshaken by La Cruz’s credentials, and said he will take him as he comes.

Equally unshaken is Kebe’s coach Bole Gueye .”We’re fully prepared, physically and mentally,” Gueye told boxersworld.co.ke. “We know our opponent well, and we’ve already laid out our strategies. And we’re confident of victory, God willing. You know, boxing doesn’t stay in one place. We’ll have an opponent in front of us, and we have the solution.”

The fight is the talk of the town in Senegal’s capital city Dakar with boxing fans rooting for their French-based celebrity. The burly and well-fed Secretary-General of Senegal Boxing Federation Anta Gueye said La Cruz is not invincible.

“We can beat him, our boxer will make full use of his southpaw stance to confuse La Cruz,” Anta told boxersworld.co.ke in an interview from Dakar.

“We’re confident and believe our boxer Karamba has a chance to shine against La Cruz. Karamba is younger and fresher, although Cruz has more experience. Victory will go to the one who wants it most. Let’s hope it’s Karamba. It would be great if he could exploit Cruz’s strengths and score points in his weaknesses.”

Kebe is one of the 14 African boxers in action today in the opening day of the pre-quarters. It’s understood DR Congo’s Mayala Nsimba might not be available.

The 14 African boxers in action in today’s opening day of the pre-quarters

Welterweight

Tunisia’s Zakaria Romdhani vs Uganda’s Bob Turyatemba

Heavyweight

Senegal’s Karamba Kebe vs Cuba’s Julio Cesar La Cruz

Light-heavyweight

Kenya’s Robert Okaka vs Tunisia’s Youssef Rafrafi

Minimumweight

DR Congo’s Mayala Nsimba vs Australia’s Kobe Hunt

Botswana’s Kobamelo vs Russia’s Edmond Khudoian

Lightweight

Kenya’s Washington Wandera vs Latvia’s Matvejs Prokudins

Ghana’s Ebener Ankrah vs Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan

Zambia’s Andrew Chilata vs Kazakhstan’s Serik Termirrzhanov

Ethiopia’s Haymanot Desalegn vs Russia’s Vsevolod Shumkov

Middleweight

Mali’s Djibril Traore vs Sri Lanka’s Mohammed Yazmin

Super-heavyweight

Uganda’s Mark Ziikama vs Turkemenistan’s Dovlet Yslamov

Cameroon’s Zacharie Mvogo vs Azerbaijan’s Mahammad Abdullayev

▪️Out of the twenty-six boxers in action on Day Four, 17 were sent packing while nine qualified for the round of 16

▪️Four boxers including Zambia’s doyen Patrick Chinyemba and DR Congo’s celebrated boxer Pita Kabeji received byes to the pre-quarters

▪️ Plus full results of Day Four action 

07/12/2025

The chaff has been sorted out from the wheat with 32 African boxers qualifying for the round of 16 in the ongoing $8.32 IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.

A total of 72 boxers from the 34 African countries represented in IBA’s flagship event have been eliminated. The battle is now getting intensive as the round of 16 bouts start today, December 8, 2025, with those dropping out in the quarter-finals assured of $10,000 in the new prize money structure introduced by the IBA which has made sure the coaches and NFs also get their share of the cake to ensure they stop salivating when they see their boxers earning millions of dollars yet they have also invested their time, knowledge and money in grooming the boxers. It’s a win-win situation.

The nine qualifiers to pre-quarters on Day Four action are Eswatini’s featherweight Mukelo Dlamini, Zambia’s light-welterweight Emmanuel Katema, Kenya’s newcomer featherweight Paul Omondi, Mozambizan hitman Tiago Muxanga at light-middleweight, Mauritius’ featherweight Niven Chemben, Libya’s light-welterweight Yazin Alhuwayi, South Africa’s two boxers, light-middleweight Blessing Nziyana and featherweight Masinulele Sigwela.

Zambia’s African Games champion Patrick Chinyemba and DR Congo’s three-time African champion are among the four boxers who received byes to the round of 16. Kabeji meets Spain’s Adrian Fresneda while Chinyemba takes on Moldova’s Ion Plinga, all bouts taking place on December 9. The other two are Mauritius’ Mandela Cup champion. Valerie Fabrice who meets Thailand’s flyweight Phanuwat Punnakorn and Cameroon’s cruiserweight Guillaume Fabrice pitted against Ecuador’s Marlo Javier. Today’s bout of the day in the pre-quarters is between Cuba’s multiple Olympic and world champion Julio Cesar La Cruz and Senegal’s Africa heavyweight champion Karamba Kebe.

Among the highlights on Day Four was Tiago Muxanga’s explosive encounter against Uzbekistan’s Shavkatjon Boltaev. A flurry of stinging combinations in the first round saw the Uzbek boxer receive a standing count. Boltaev came back strongly on the front foot in the second round sending down the Mozambican boxer on his knees for an eight count. The Uzbek boxer maintained his dominance. He would feint with his left and then release a right short uppercut to the chin of the tough Muxanga who stepped up pressure in the third round fought at a blistering pace with bombs exploding. The dominant Muxanga had the last laugh with 4-3 bout review verdict.

Kenyan rookie Paul Omondi surprised his handlers with his confidence and courageous display in his first appearance in the World Championships. At times he would even showboat as he contained the Libyan southpaw.

It appears Kenya’s head coach Musa Benjamin was not impressed by his complacency and must have told him my friend this is not a picnic be serious if you want the money.

Omondi came out charging like a wounded buffalo in the second round, subjecting the Libyan to two standing counts and a cut above the left eye.

Feeling the fierce onslaught from Omondi, the Libyan decided a bike will come in handy but still the Kenyan boxer was all over him and was docked points for holding it down. The Kenyan youngster punched the air in excitement when he was declared the winner on points.

Omondi’s compatriot and skipper of the Kenya team Boniface Mogunde paid dearly for wasting the first round doing more dancing than the serious business in the ring.

Mogunde, the reigning African light-middleweight champion, should have realised at times his outboxing approach can’t always work perfectly for him against some opponents. What he needed to do was to release the bees on his opponent Sarkhan Aliyev of Azerbaijan, a bronze medallist at the 2021 World Championships.

The Kenyan had an edge in the second round carrying the fight to his opponent. In the third he did the same but most of his punches did not land on target as his relaxed adversary connected more accurately with the few punches he released in the final round. He won by a 4-1 decision.

Kenya’s head coach Musa Benjamin had his reservations on the decision. He felt his boxer did more spadework to carry the day.

“Mogunde having watched previous fights of his experienced opponent, didn’t come out firing on all cylinders in the first round showing a bit more respect to the guy but he was in control in the second and third rounds,” Musa told boxersworld.co.ke

Musa was impressed by Paul Omondi’s gutsy display but not in the first round.

“Paul Omondi was a bit complacent in the first round giving the Libyan an edge.He was very comfortable with the pace so we now had to shift gears and in the 2nd round pressure fight stepping in with lots of punches,” said Musa.

“Some technical work is required. I’m happy for Paul who was too composed for a debutant. He followed instructions/plan to the letter. As for Caleb Wandera inexperience was a factor in his split loss to the Argentine whose southpaw stance complicated matters for him. Also, he was not able to find his range and rhythm. Additionally, he still needs some technical and tactical work. They have shown great promise otherwise.”

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All bouts are round of 32

SESSION 7A

 57 kg

Orazbek Asylkulov (Kazakhstan) vs Elisandro Sanchez da Silva (Cape Verde) — 5:0

Mukelo Dlamini (Eswatini) vs Abdul Havyarimana (Rwanda) — 5:0

Sergiu Ntonio Mendes Rodrigues (Portugal) vs Keevin Allicock (Guyana) — 5:2

Carlos Martinez Bernad (Spain) vs Jason Mama (Philippines) — 5:0

63.5 kg

Emmanuel Katema (Zambia) vs Stelios Kirsanidis (Greece) — 5:0

Charles David de Oliveira Rodrigues (Brazil) vs Seravit Tsega Hailu (Ethiopia) — 5:0

Pavel Fyodorov (Serbia) vs Farahat Manilola (Uganda) — 5:0

Kaleb Vandera (Kenya) vs Lucas Mariano Villalba (Argentina) — 2:5

71 kg

Bayramdurdy Nurmukhamedov (Turkmenistan) vs Alban Bekiri (Albania) — Bayramdurdy Nurmukhamedov (Turkmenistan) won by TKO in the round.

Moslem Maghsoudi Mal Amiri (Iran) vs Fouseyni Traore (Mali) — 4:3

Rupassara Udara (Sri Lanka) vs Maxim Bunakov (Germany) — 4:3

Jonathan Mwiinga (Zambia) vs Frank Martinez Bernad (Spain) — Frank Martinez Bernad (Spain) won by KO in round 2.

SESSION 7B 

57 kg

Patson Ledson (Malawi) vs Andrei Peglivanyan (Russia) — Andrei Peglivanyan (Russia) won by TKO in round 2.

Ardit Murdja (Albania) vs Pablo Vitor Fonseca de Jesus (Brazil) — 0:5

Paul Ogunku (Kenya) vs Ahmed Alkoum (Libya) — 4:3

Armando Rugoberto Sigauque (Mozambique) vs Ahmad Serrat Jamal (Australia) — 4:1

63.5 kg

Maksud Hasmetov (Azerbaijan) vs Pasifik Niyonzima (Rwanda) — Maksud Hasmetov (Azerbaijan) won by KO in round 3.

Vladislav Vaskovsky (Moldova) vs Ruslan Gafurov (Tajikistan) — 3:4

Narek Hovhannisyan (Armenia) vs Shubham (India) — 4:1

Sayata Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) vs Omar Livaza (Kyrgyzstan) — 0:5

71 kg

Sergey Kuldenkov (Russia) vs Yashpal (India) — Sergey Kuldenkov (Russia) won by opponent’s retirement in round 2.

Jean Carlos Ubarnes Urango (Colombia) vs Sibonelo Ndzimandze (Eswatini) — 5:0

Dawood Mahkamov (Tajikistan) vs Otniel Muanda (DR Congo) — 5:0

Tiago Mushanga (Mozambique) vs Shavkatjon Boltaev (Uzbekistan) — 4:3

SESSION 8A

57 kg

Niven Chemban (Mauritius) vs Abdul Loral Zore (Burkina Faso) — 5:0

Jirair Sargsyan (Armenia) vs Hassani Ben Cheik (Comoros) — Jirair Sargsyan (Armenia) won by TKO in round 3.

Sachin (India) vs Umid Rustamov (Azerbaijan) — 5:2

Khuzhanazar Nurtojiyev (Uzbekistan) vs Rukmal Prasanna Podi Arachchige (Sri Lanka) — 5:0

63.5 kg

Oier Ibarretxe Conde (Spain) vs Ilya Popov (Russia) — 1:4

Yazin Al-Huwaij (Libya) vs Sinezelwe Mbatha (South Africa) — 4:1

Julián Gabriel Ortiz Rivera (Puerto Rico) vs Admilson Carvalho (Cape Verde) — 5:0

David Karbas (Czech Republic) vs Ani Haxhillari (Albania) — 0:5

71 kg

Vasile Cebotari (Moldova) vs Khalida Ahmiida (Libya) — 5:0

Edson Araújo de Jesus (Brazil) vs Blessing Nziana (South Africa) — Blessing Nziana (South Africa) won by TKO in round 1.

Arnold Gonzalez (IBA Pro) vs Vithaya Chansom (Thailand) — 1:4

Ikhtiyar Nishonov (Kyrgyzstan) vs Alex Skandzos (Australia) — Ikhtiyar Nishonov (Kyrgyzstan) won by KO in round 1.

SESSION 8B

57 kg

Nawwaf Ali Hameis Al-Zahmi (UAE) vs Masibulele Sigwela (South Africa) — Masibulele Sigwela (South Africa) won by TKO in round 2.

Denis Salotskikh (Belarus) vs Allan Aukoae Oaike (Papua New Guinea) — 5:0

Emmanuel Mawuli (Ghana) vs Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu (Mongolia) — 0:5

Toka Litabe (Lesotho) vs Khusravkhon Rahimov (Tajikistan) — Khusravkhon Rahimov (Tajikistan) won by TKO in round 2.

63.5 kg

John Ume (Papua New Guinea) vs Firas Tabi (Tunisia) — John Ume (Papua New Guinea) won due to opponent disqualification.

Gerald Into (Philippines) vs Ahmad Shtiwi (Israel) — 1:4

José Manuel Aguirre Cruz (IBA Pro) vs Joel Flores (IBA Pro-2) — José Manuel Aguirre Cruz (IBA Pro) won due to opponent no-show.

Davaadalai Altangerel (Mongolia) vs Ertugan Zeynullinov (Kazakhstan) — 0:5

71 kg

Sarhan Aliyev (Azerbaijan) vs Boniface Mogunde Maina (Kenya) — 4:1

Abunaser Abdelrahman (Palestine) vs Arturs Vaisla (Latvia) — Arturs Vaisla (Latvia) won by TKO in round 2.

Aliaksandr Radzionau (Belarus) vs Murat Aydemir (Turkey) — Aliaksandr Radzionau (Belarus) won by TKO in round 2.

Ararat Harutyunyan (Armenia) vs Ablaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan) — 0:5

The round of 16 bouts will begin on December 8.

Courtesy Sportaran