{"id":62954,"date":"2023-12-19T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=62954"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:59:09","slug":"jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut","title":{"rendered":"Jjunju, Onyango score KOs on Great Strikers debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Knockout artist Jjunju Power and Ignatius Onyango shined with knockouts on their official debuts since signing with Great Strikers Promotions last month.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jjunju dug deep tos eventually knock out Tanzanian Mussa Omar Nassor in the nineth round, at Kasana Recreation Ground, Luweero on Friday, stretching his professional record to six knockout victories in six matches.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Jjunju knocked out Tanzanian veteran Hamis Mwekanyi in round one. And if a younger, fresher Nassor came to Uganda with revenge in his mind, he tried to keep the Tanzanian hopes alive, but eventually failed.<\/p>\n<p>He was not as fragile as Mwekanyi, and lasting until the ninth round was a real sign of intent and endurance. Yet Jjunju also left the night with even more credit. Nine rounds is the longest he has ever spent in a boxing ring. And being able to win his way\u2014by knockout\u2014is a warning to future opponents about his abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always want to show the fans some new things. He was not bad. He offered what he prepared but I showed him that boxing has levels,\u201d Jjunju said after winning the World Africa Boxing Association (WABA) welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese belts challenge me to work even harder. And I pity whoever stands in my way. I won\u2019t stop. I thank my promotion, chairman (Sam)Buchanan, Mama Patricia and my parents for all the support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Jjunju, Onyango celebrated a hard-earned knockout of Ibrahim Tamba, in the eighth round.<\/p>\n<p>Tamba was a late substitute for fellow Tanzanian Shabani Kaoneka, who pulled out days prior.<\/p>\n<p>Tamba was aggressive with a granite jaw that incurred thorough punishment but did not stop Onyango from scoring his first KO and the WABA cruiserweight title\u2014his first belt ever.<\/p>\n<p>He he also improved his record to three wins and six losses, according to boxrec.com, since his pro debut in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p><b>SELECT RESULTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jjunju Power KO Omar Nassor, WABA welterweight, RD9<\/p>\n<p>Ignatius Onyango KO Ibrahim Tamba, WABA cruiserweight RD8,<\/p>\n<p>Ben Nsamba def. Geoffrey Mubiru<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Duku KO. Nasifu Ngobi, heavyweight, RD2<\/p>\n<p>Mike Lukyamuzi def. Moses Tumukunde, lightweight<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Knockout artist Jjunju Power and Ignatius Onyango shined with knockouts on their official debuts since signing with Great Strikers Promotions last month. Jjunju dug deep tos eventually knock out Tanzanian Mussa Omar Nassor in the nineth round, at Kasana Recreation Ground, Luweero on Friday, stretching his professional record to six knockout victories [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":62953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-62954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"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>Jjunju, Onyango score KOs on Great Strikers debut - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knockout artist Jjunju Power and Ignatius Onyango shined with knockouts on their official debuts since signing with G ...\" \/>\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\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jjunju, Onyango score KOs on Great Strikers debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Knockout artist Jjunju Power and Ignatius Onyango shined with knockouts on their official debuts since signing with G ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-19T16:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1702988886.006351.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\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\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Jjunju, Onyango score KOs on Great Strikers debut\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T16:39:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/12\/sm_1702988886.006351.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jjunju-onyango-score-kos-on-great-strikers-debut\",\"name\":\"Jjunju, Onyango score KOs on Great Strikers debut - 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