UGANDAN BOXER KIBIRA EXCITED TO MAKE PRO DEBUT IN KENYA’S MECCA OF BOXING
Ugandan boxing sensation and crowd puller Owen “Metrix” Kibira is so excited to make his pro debut in Nairobi, the Mecca of boxing in Kenya.
He’s one of the Ugandan boxers expected to thrill Kenyan fans and set ablaze the Charter Hall in the May 24 seven-bout card being promoted Steve Sembuya of 12 Sports Rounds Promotions.
“I’m so excited to fight in Nairobi, it’s a good beautiful city I like it here,” said Kibira during the weigh-in on Friday, May 24 at the Hill Park Hotel in Nairobi.
Kibira makes his pro debut against Tanzania’s Abdallah Yoba in a six-round super welterweight bout that will no doubt be among the highlights.
The 24-year-old promising Ugandan joins the bare-chested game following an impressive performance in the Champions League and for the national team popularly known as the Bombers.
“I’m happy to make my professional debut because it’s a big step in my career,” Kibira told boxersworld.co.ke
“I hope to display a good fight against my opponent from Tanzania ,” said Kibira who is aiming for an inside-the-distance win against Yoba.
“My aim is to knock him out but first I will entertain Nairobi fans with original Uganda boxing,” said a confident Kibira who hails from Wakiso District in Uganda.
Kibira ventured into boxing in 2017 at the Kyengera Boxing Club under coach Hajji Juma Nsubuga.
He made his international debut at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
At the 2022 Africa Championships in Maputo and the 2024 Africa Games in Accra, Ghana, he bowed out in the quarter-finals and won silver in the Kilimanjaro Championships in Tanzania.
Kibira was on fire in the Uganda Champions League, becoming a two-weight division champion in the welterweight and light-middleweight.
Why has has he decided to turn professional?
“I decided to turn pro to become a world champion and earn money in boxing.”
“My aim in pro boxing is to become one of the greatest pound for pound boxers,” said the quietly spoken but ruthless Kibira whose fifth round KO win over rival Nerrick Tumusiime in Season Three final of the Uganda Champions League remains one of his most memorable victories.
He staggered Tumusiime with a stunning left hook to the jaw and followed it up with a right to the head that floored Tumusiime at the UMA Showgrounds in Lugogo.
