UGANDAN BOXERS FOR KISUMU INTERCITY TOURNAMENT
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Kisumu will host an InterCity tournament from August 16, 2025.
Announcing this today, the Secretary-General of Kisumu County Boxing Association, Dominic Opiyo, said at stake is Kakwacha Cup to be competed for by boxers from the four cities.
“Kakwacha Foods is a popular hotel in Kisumu whose CEO, Edward Onyango, is the Kisumu County Boxing Association team manager, they will partly sponsor the tournament,” said Opiyo.
“Kisumu Combined will be a merger of Western Kenya teams from Busia, Siaya, Homa Bay, Vihiga, Migori and Kisumu,” said Opiyo, adding: “We want to be represented by one formidable team made up of boxers from Western Kenya.”
As for Nakuru, Opiyo made it clear, the team invited is Nakuru Amateur Boxing Club under the leadership of the county chairman Isaac Mbote who is also the Vice-President of the Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK).
“We will not allow any other team other than the one under Mbote’s leadership,” Opiyo clarified.
He said the aim of the tournament is to foster unity among the participating teams and to expose new boxers to a competitive event especially from Western Kenya known for producing promising male boxers in the heavier weights such as former international Zack Amalemba, a product of Kisumu who won the 1971 intermediate tournament at the Kaloleni Social Hall in Nairobi competing for Kenya Prisons.
Amalemba is remembered for knocking out the dreaded David Attan – Africa champion in 1972 in Nairobi – during the 1976 Olympic Games trials at Nairobi’s Desai Memorial Hall. Lawrence Jaoko, a former light-middleweight international, is also a Kisumu product.
Kisumu County’s sensational schoolgirl Sonia Atieno will lead the women’s team. Sonia is currently in Algeria representing Kenya in the inaugural African Schools Games.
Kampala will be represented in the following weight categories: men’ from 48 kg to 91+kg and women 48 kg 52 kg 63 kg and 67 kg.
“I’m requesting the other participants to let us know the weight classes they’ll be represented to enable us plan well in advance,” said Opiyo.
