UGANDA’S NASSIR FIGHTS IN MELBOURNE NEXT MONTH
Uganda’s Bashir Nassir returns to the ring on April 11 to take on Australia’s Jesse James Bolt aka Tip Rat in a four-round super featherweight fight at the Melbourne Pavillion.
Nassir, is one of the six Ugandan sportsmen including fellow boxer Regarn Simbwa, who absconded from the Uganda team during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He’s now based in Adelaide.
Nassir lost his bantamweight fight 4-1 points to Eswatini’s Zweli Dlamini at the Oxenford Studios.
He becomes the second Ugandan boxer to be eliminated after light-welterweight David Ssemujju.
Uganda was represented by five boxers.The other boxers in Gold Coast were flyweight Juma Miiro who won bronze and welterweight Shadir Bwogi.
Information courtesy of our representative Emmanuel Otti who is based in Melbourne
