{"id":895,"date":"2020-12-18T19:40:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\/?p=895"},"modified":"2020-12-18T19:40:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T19:40:50","slug":"good-to-go-sparring-partners-back-tugume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/good-to-go-sparring-partners-back-tugume","title":{"rendered":"Good to go: Sparring partners back Tugume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kickboxer Titus Tugume has two weeks to prepare after his much-awaited duel with American Robert Niemoeller was rescheduled to December 31.<\/p>\n<p>The full-contact Intercontinental Kickboxing Championship five-rounder, sanctioned by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation, was initially scheduled at Kololo Airstrip today, but the venue has also been changed to Munyonyo Speke Resort, where Tugume has been camping for over a month now.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second time this fight is being postponed as its first date was May 23, but was cancelled due to coronavirus disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Tugume\u2019s manager Lt Musa Musoke Sseguya, says all was set but the American fighter could not travel to Uganda in time, due to the lockdown in some American states.<\/p>\n<p>Tugume, a Warrant Officer II, oozes confidence. \u201cThese two weeks are an advantage to me. It\u2019s more time to prepare,\u201d said the man, who has won several honours at amateur and professional level abroad, in a career that spans nearly 50 fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facilities and services here are simply class, it\u2019s a great offer I promise to repay with victory. I have improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His sparring partners concur. \u201cThe man is fit and strong, said Cosmas Onyango, from Police Kickboxing Club. \u201cHe balances his strength; good at kicking and punching and he is swift.\u201d Private Justine \u2018Hazard\u2019 Okello, from the Special Forces Command, on the undercard, added that Tugume is ready but \u201cstill we have to help him get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other sparring partners like Denis Mwesige from Kampala Boxing Club and Karim Seguya from UPDF share the view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American is our friend but when it comes to fight, I\u2019m sorry we shall have to bring him down,\u201d said Muhammed Mayambala, alias Coach Meddie, who has trained Tugume since he raised his first kick. He trains thrice a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very committed; and his approach is more mature. In the next two weeks we shall be improving more on speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Intercontinental Kickboxing Championship<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MAIN FIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tugume  vs. Niemoeller<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>UNDERCARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jose Bonane vs. John Camacho<\/p>\n<p>Justine Okello vs. Sinan Lukwago<\/p>\n<p>John Tumukunde  vs. John Ndugga<\/p>\n<p><b>Tickets<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shs3m (table of four)<\/p>\n<p>Platinum: Shs150,000<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Shs300,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Kickboxer Titus Tugume has two weeks to prepare after his much-awaited duel with American Robert Niemoeller was rescheduled to December 31. The full-contact Intercontinental Kickboxing Championship five-rounder, sanctioned by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation, was initially scheduled at Kololo Airstrip today, but the venue has also been changed to Munyonyo Speke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[233,234],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","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>Good to go: Sparring partners back Tugume - Uganda<\/title>\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\/good-to-go-sparring-partners-back-tugume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good to go: Sparring partners back Tugume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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