{"id":67817,"date":"2024-04-29T17:38:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:38:53","slug":"energy-retains-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title","title":{"rendered":"Energy retains title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Local boxer Fillipus \u2018Energy\u2019 Nghitumbwa showcased a remarkable performance in defending his WBO international super-bantamweight title against China\u2019s DeKang Wang in the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy\u2019s Dr Hage Geingob Boxing Bonanza.<\/p>\n<p>The intense fight, which took place in the early hours of Sunday at the Ramatex Hall in Windhoek, lasted the full 12 rounds, with both fighters exchanging powerful blows right from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Nghitumbwa\u2019s reputation for knocking out his opponents, Wang proved to be worthy and resilient, refusing to back down.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the fight, the Namibian boxer admitted he underestimated Wang, as he wanted to knock him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was going to be easy. But by the third round, I realised that the guy was tough. It was not easy, so I just decided to focus on collecting points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother came from far to watch me fight, so I worked hard. This fight really means a lot to me, because I want to fight for a world title,\u201d added Nghitumbwa.<\/p>\n<p>The supporting bouts saw Namibia\u2019s Jeremiah Nakathila going up against a stubborn Evans Husayihwevhu of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The fight went all the way, with Nakathila winning on points.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Namibia\u2019s Paulinus Ndjolonimus made mincemeat of Zimbabwe\u2019s Clever Sithoke, sending him to the shower early via a knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Results from the other bouts:<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight: Tangeni Salomon defeated Mutenga Tjiroze<\/p>\n<p>Bantamweight: Jonathan Kasheeta lost against Phillipus Mateus<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight: Salatiel Moses lost his fight against Edward Mbangula<\/p>\n<p>Welterweight: Nestor Amukoto beat Stefanus Josua<\/p>\n<p>Junior welterweight: Flera Johannes was the victor in the fight against Hango Petrus<\/p>\n<p>Junior lightweight: Martin Mukungu won against Johannes Mosande<\/p>\n<p>Junior lightweight: Onesmus Nekundi defeated David Shinuna<\/p>\n<p>Welterweight: Paulus Amavila won his fight against Joseph Abel<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight: Fredricks Nghutenanye won via TKO against David Johannes<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight national title: Linekela Nghifindaka defeated Shifiona Tomas<\/p>\n<p>Bantamweight national title: Nestor Thomas won the fight against Paulus Shonena<\/p>\n<p>International welterweight: Emmanuel Mugadjela defeated Tranos Zihove of Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight: Matheus Heita beat John Shitilitha<\/p>\n<p>Female exhibition bout: Lakeisha van Wyk drew against Elina Shikongo<\/p>\n<p>Light heavyweight: Pieter Kotze also drew against Fillipus Shikongo<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Local boxer Fillipus \u2018Energy\u2019 Nghitumbwa showcased a remarkable performance in defending his WBO international super-bantamweight title against China\u2019s DeKang Wang in the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy\u2019s Dr Hage Geingob Boxing Bonanza. The intense fight, which took place in the early hours of Sunday at the Ramatex Hall in Windhoek, lasted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-67817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy retains title - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local boxer Fillipus \u2018Energy\u2019 Nghitumbwa showcased a remarkable performance in defending his WBO international super-ban ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Energy retains title\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local boxer Fillipus \u2018Energy\u2019 Nghitumbwa showcased a remarkable performance in defending his WBO international super-ban ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-29T17:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-29T18:38:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/04\/sm_1714403249.011266.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Energy retains title\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-29T17:38:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-29T18:38:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/04\/sm_1714403249.011266.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/energy-retains-title\",\"name\":\"Energy retains title - 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