Boxing

Boxing in Namibia continued to grow from strength to strength during 2010 with some exceptional achievements both at amateur as well as professional level.

In April, Namibia’s senior amateur team underlined its dominance in the Southern African region when it won the African Boxing Confederation Zone 6 Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa. They won the championships with a total of 27 points, followed by Botswana (26) and South Africa (13).

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Namibia’s boxers continued to shine at the Commonwealth Games on Friday as all three boxers in action won their fights to progress to the quarterfinals.

Mejandjae Kasuto, Elias Nashivela and Tobias Munihango all won their fights and will be joined in the quarterfinals by Jafet Uutoni who won on Thursday and Sakaria Lukas who received a first round bye.

In the welterweight category, Mejandjae Kasuto beat Michalis Michaelides of Cyprus 5-3 on points. In a close encounter, ...

Paulus “The Hitman” Moses retained his WBA lightweight title when he convincingly beat Takehiro Shimada on points at the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday night. Moses piled up the points with his razor sharp jab and although Shimada gave a brave performance, especially in the close exchanges, Moses was more industrious and had the higher work rate.

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All roads lead to the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday when Namibia’s word champion Paulus “The Hitman” Moses will defend his WBA lightweight title against Takehiro Shimada of Japan.

It will be a historic event - the first time that Namibia will host a world title fight - and judging by ticket sales a full house of about 3 000 fans can be expected at the Country Club on Saturday evening.

It wont be easy as Shimada is an experienced boxer with an impressive record ...

Sacky Shikukutu

Namibian junior welterweight boxer Sacky “Izinyoka” Shikukutu maintained his unbeaten professional record when he beat Botswana’s Dintwe Sloca on a sixth round knockout in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Shikukutu dominated from the start and already in the first round, put Sloca down for the count of eight. In the fourth round he once again knocked Sloca to the canvas and then finished him off with a powerful left hook in the sixth round.

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