Boxing

Anthony Little of Australia comprehensively beat Namibia’s Julius Indongo 14-2 on points in the first round of their lightweight bout at the Olympic Games on Monday.

Although Indongo pushed the pace from the start, taking the fight to his opponent, his punches seldom found the target. Little, on the other hand, was quick on the counterattack and piled on the points with quick combinations to Indongo’s head and body.

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Telecom Namibia on Wednesday announced a sponsorship of N$203 000 for the Box ‘n Dine event that will take place at the Windhoek Country Club on August 16.

In the main event Namibia’s former WBA Pan African welterweight champion Jason Naule will try to reclaim his title in a rematch against South Africa’s Kaizer Mabuza.

Naule lost the title in his first defence when Mabuza hammered him into submission on March 21 to win on an 11th round technical knockout.
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Ali Nuumbembe has expressed satisfaction with his performance against South Africa’s Welcome Ntshingila on Friday which saw him winning the WBA Pan African welterweight title.

Nuumbembe dominated the fight from the start to comfortably win the fight on points. Two judges scored the fight 120-108 in Nuumbembe’s favour while a third scored it 120-109.

“I am very happy with my performance and everything worked out as planned. In the beginning I just sized him up to see ...