AfricaPress-Tanzania: TANZANIA’s prominent professional boxer, Hassan Mwakinyo, will on March 26 fight Zimbabwe’s Brendon Denes for the vacant Africa Boxing Union (ABU) Super Welterweight title in Dar es Salaam.
The bout has been scheduled to take place at the Next Door Arena at Masaki and has been sponsored by KCB Bank which has dished out 94.4m/-.
Speaking yesterday, the Jackson Group Sports Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Twissa said the bout has been scheduled for 12 rounds and the two boxers are in intensive training.
Twissa said they expect the thrilling bout due to the fact that the two boxers have the best records in their respective careers.
Mwakinyo has won 18 bouts while losing two and Denes is yet to lose any bout out of eight he has taken part in.
Twissa explained that they have decided to organise the ABU bout for Mwakinyo while targeting the World Boxing Council (WBC) ranking and titles for the boxer.
Apart of Mwakinyo versus Denes bout, the day will see another fierce fight whereby famous domestic boxer Jongo Jongo, who will also fight for ABU Cruiserweight title against Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodora.
Also another prominent Tanzanian professional pugilist Ibrahim Mgendera ‘Class’ will also step up to accompany Mwakinyo, with the former set to take on a boxer who will be announced later.
“This is the second episode of a series of major fights, dubbed ‘Rumble In Dar’, and we expect it to be intense and exciting as most of the boxers are top and target victories,” he stated.
The KCB Bank’s Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Christine Manyenye, said that they have decided to sponsor the bout aiming to continue supporting sports development in the country.
Christine said that their bank also sponsors the Vodacom Premier League, a street footbal tournament, known as Ndondo Cup, and athletics which has the institution sponsoring Rock City Marathon.
She noted: “It is a great comfort to us to be involved in the sports development as well as the community, so we expect most of the professional boxers will turn up to watch the fight.”
Multichoice Tanzania’s Head of Marketing, Ronald Baraka Shelukindo, said the bout would be televised live by DStv in more than 30 countries on the African continent.
Shelukindo said the fight would be aired on Clouds Plus’s channel which is in DStv and he asked professional boxing fans to join them.
Apart from KCB Bank and DStv, the fight is also sponsored by Onomo Hotel and M-Bet.
Mwakinyo noted said he is well prepared for the fight and he hopes to do well.
He noted: “I am preparing for the fight and I hope to continue the winning streak. There is very little time left for me to adjust and improve the technique.”
