Africa-Press – Mozambique. Alcinda Helena Panguana became the first-ever female fighter from Mozambique to compete in the Olympics. The long and lean welterweight looks to be a problem for the rest of the field, and certainly was one for Kenya’s Elizabeth Akinyi whom she stopped inside of two rounds.
Panguana—who is joined by middleweight Rady Gramane (who fights Wednesday) as their nation’s first to compete on this stage—established her dominance early and often, pummelling Akinyi in a one-sided round one. She closed the show with a pair of standing eight counts in round two, the latter which produced a stoppage at 1:26.
Next to face Panguana [on Friday] is China’s Gu Hong, who outclassed Baison Manikon (Thailand) in a three-round shutout. Scores were 30-27 on all five scorecards in favor of Gu, the reigning World Amateur champion and number-two Olympic welterweight seed.
Kenya’s last standing boxer at the Tokyo Olympics Elizabeth Akinyi was on Tuesday eliminated by the outstanding Alcinda Helena Panguana of Mozambique in their welterweight bout at the Kokugikan Arena.
Akinyi’s technical knockout (TKO) loss summed up a disappointing day for Team Kenya at the Tokyo Games.
The referee had to stop the bout with 1:34 minutes to go in the second round after Panguana unleashed a barrage of blows on her Kenyan opponent in the round of 16 tie here.
