▪️Middleweight Mariame Sow is the toast of Senegal in Futures Cup U19 tournament in Bangkok
▪️Heads are likely to roll among the coaches handling the team in Bangkok
March 13, 2026
Every cloud has a silver lining, so goes the famous idiom.
For all their woeful showing in the Youth Olympics Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, Senegal is assured of a medal through middleweight Mariame Sow.
Mariame steps into the ring on Saturday, March 14, 2026, to face Uzbekistan’s Asaloy Bakhtiyora in one of the semi-finals in the middleweight berth which attracted only four boxers.
Win or lose Mariame will be on the podium to receive bronze, silver or gold depending on the outcome of her fight on Saturday.
The other middleweight female fight will pit Kazakhstan’s Aidana Ubaidullakyzy against Thi Mai Anh Dam of Vietnam.
It has been a journey of abandonment for the Senegalese boxers who are understood to have gone through several problems in Bangkok with two of them – male and female boxers – giving away walkovers.
More salt was rubbed in the fresh wound today when African Youth Games silver medallist, Soda Faye, was stopped in the first round of the 65kg fight against against Uzbekistan’s Sevara Mamatova who stopped the seemingly weak Senegal boxer in the first round after receiving three counts of eight.
Word has it all their problems can be attributed to mismanagement of the team and neglect by the government.
A comprehensive story on the shameful Bangkok debacle is in the works. It’s understood the head coach and his assistant might be shown the door.
