Amateur boxers target Games marks at Lusaka tourney
Godfrey Gambi trains under the supervision of JKT coach Masha Mashine (right) preparing for the National Boxing Championship scheduled to take place in Kigoma next month. PHOTO | file
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Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) secretary general Makore Mashaga told The Citizen yesterday that all boxers in the camp were in the positive frame of mind as the Lusaka event draws closer.
Dar es Salaam. The national team is expected to depart for Lusaka next Wednesday for the Zambia International Amateur Boxing Championship, which gets underway at the end of the month.
Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) secretary general Makore Mashaga told The Citizen yesterday that all boxers in the camp were in the positive frame of mind as the Lusaka event draws closer. The BFT accepted to honour the Zambia’s invitation with a view to honing the skills of the boxers ahead of the All Africa Games (AAG) planned for Congo-Brazzaville in September.
“Our boxers have yet to attain the marks required for the AAG as well as the World Championship, so this is the right platform for them to achieve their goals,” Mashaga said. According to him, BFT officials will meet on Sunday to finalise preparations for the trip including raising some Sh6.8 million for boxers’ upkeep. The boxers include Mohamed Mzeru, Maulid Athumani and Ibrahim Abdallah (light-flyweight) Juma Ramadhan, Said Hofu (flyweight).
Others are Ahmad Furahisha, Bon Mlingwa (bantamweight), Elias Mkomwa, Bosco Bakari, Fabian Gaudence and Kassim Mbwitike (Light-weight).
The list also includes Said Gulushad, Seleman Bamtulah (welter weight), Ivan Mussa (middleweight), Hamidu Halfan (light-heavyweight), Alex Sitta and Nuru Ibrahim (heavyweight).
