{"id":14569,"date":"2022-09-14T08:39:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/first-ever-seychellois-female-boxer-reaches-semi-final-at-international-event"},"modified":"2022-09-14T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:18:52","slug":"first-ever-seychellois-female-boxer-reaches-semi-final-at-international-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/first-ever-seychellois-female-boxer-reaches-semi-final-at-international-event","title":{"rendered":"First ever Seychellois female boxer reaches semi-final at international event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>Ariana Memee, the first Seychellois woman to compete in an international boxing event for Seychelles, has reached the semi-final which guarantees her a bronze medal even if she does not make it to the final.<\/b><\/p>\n

Memee who is among a group of five boxers who left Seychelles last Friday for Maputo, Mozambique, for the 2022 African Boxing Championships, defeated a boxer from Eswatini. She will be fighting against Brigitte Mbabi from Congo.<\/p>\n

She is competing in the 69kg category and has revealed her pride at the opportunity to represent her country at such a level.<\/p>\n

“It is great opportunity for me and the training has been good, where I have had a lot of encouragement and help from the boys and the coaches,” said Memee, who said she will give her best to win a medal for Seychelles.<\/p>\n

Despite being given the chance to compete at an international level, Memee has had little chance to compete locally as there are no other women for her to spar with.<\/p>\n

“I wish more girls could join the sport, as it is not that difficult and you need to be determined,” added Memee, who says boxing is not just for men.<\/p>\n

Another Seychellois boxer, Dasheil Fanchette, has progressed to the next round in his category -80kg after winning his fight 4-1 Alton Gabuza from South Africa.<\/p>\n

Out of the remaining boxers, Romano Moustache lost by knockout in the first round against George Molwantwa from Botswana in the -54 kg category.<\/p>\n

Shain Boniface lost 5-0 against Shaft Mwandwi from Zambia and 18-year-old Joshua Cousin was expected to fight on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

For Moustache and Fanchette, this is their very first taste of international competitions. ll.<\/p>\n

Moustache said his aim is to gain as much experience as possible from this competition so that he can improve himself.<\/p>\n

The boxers trained intensively for the past few weeks with popular coaches Jerry Legras and Rival Payet.<\/p>\n

“The team is ready to compete and I do think that we come away with results that we can be proud of,” said Legras, who added that they are aiming to bring in a new generation of boxers, as they look towards the future.<\/p>\n

He added that more women should join the sport as there is a lot that can be gained from it.<\/p>\n

The African Boxing Championship brings together top male and female amateur boxers from the continent and the event is back after a five-year break. Around 27 nations are participating and the organisers have confirmed that this year’s championship taking place from September 9 to 18 will be a prize money event.<\/p>\n

The gold medallists will receive $10,000, silver medallists $5,000 and bronze medallists will get $2,500 in all categories.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Seychelles. Ariana Memee, the first Seychellois woman to compete in an international boxing event for Seychelles, has reached the semi-final which guarantees her a bronze medal even if she does not make it to the final. 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