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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ABDUL NASSER SSEMUGABI<\/p>\n

The three boxers who represented Uganda at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are dejected and uncertain about their next course of action.<\/p>\n

Captain Musa Shadir Bwogi, David Ssemuju and Catherine Nanziri all lost instantly in Tokyo and returned secretly before the Games ended. Before the Games, the three had last fought in February 2020, and after Tokyo, they are not sure what next. Ssemuju and Shadir had ambitions to turn professional, but most likely not in Uganda.<\/p>\n

But now that they are back home, they could be back to square one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish they could get serious promoters there and begin their professional journey from Japan,\u201d Sero Addes, Ssemuju\u2019s trainer told us after the middleweight lost to Algerian Youness Nemouchi.<\/p>\n

It did not happen because the following day Ssemuju was on the plane back to Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s next but I hope for the best. Maybe my coach knows better,\u201d Ssemuju told us on the phone. The only serious event the Bombers can count on is the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, but that will come a full year after the Olympics.<\/p>\n

In contrast, their running counterparts are chasing dollars in the Diamond League events in America and Europe. And the swimmers, though not in lucrative business, are looking up to national events and the world championships between October and November.<\/p>\n

Shadir and Ssemuju were either tightlipped or unsure about whether they shall go professional or stay in the unpaid ranks. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you anything when nothing has materialised. So I\u2019m crossing my hands that I get the best way out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waiting for CWG<\/p>\n

Nanziri did not pick our repeated calls but her manager Akram Yiga told us the management has plans to turn the boxer professional, but after the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she gets a chance to represent at Birmingham it will enhance her CV, as she goes pro,\u201d Yiga told Daily Monitor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Bombers unanimously blamed their average performance at the Olympics on the many months of inactivity, but mostly the four weeks of isolation in Japan when one of their two coaches tested positive for covid-19 on arrival at Tokyo\u2019s Narita airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were locked up and did nothing for over a month, we just couldn\u2019t compete when the Games reached.\u201d<\/p>\n

HISTORY OF OLYMPICS<\/b><\/p>\n

BOMBERS WHO LOST INSTANTLY<\/p>\n

Athens 2004<\/p>\n

Jolly Katongole<\/p>\n

Brian Mayanja<\/p>\n

Sadat Tebazaalwa<\/p>\n

Joseph Lubega<\/p>\n

Sydney 2000<\/p>\n

Muhamed Kizito<\/p>\n

Jackson Asiku<\/p>\n

Abdu Tebazalwa<\/p>\n

Kassim Napa Adam<\/p>\n

Georgia 1996<\/p>\n

Franco Angetho<\/p>\n

Charles Kizza<\/p>\n

Barcelona 1992<\/p>\n

Fred Mutuweta<\/p>\n

Davis Lusimbo<\/p>\n

Godfrey Wakaabu<\/p>\n

CHRONOLOGY<\/b><\/p>\n

Ugly History Lasts.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ronald Serugo (2008 and 2016), Kennedy Katende (2016) also failed to win a single bout for Uganda at the Olympics in 17 years.<\/p>\n

The last such victory was scored by lightweight Sam Rukundo against Puerto Rico\u2019s Alexander de Jes\u00fas in the Round of 16 contest at Athens 2004.<\/p>\n

Yet Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016 and Beijing 2008 are not the only embarrassing campaigns. They just add to the equation that has denied Uganda, once a boxing powerhouse, an Olympic medal since 1980. Between Seoul 1988 and 2004 Uganda has sent nine boxers to three Olympic editions, all losing their first and only bout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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