waning fortunes of this beautiful sport where
even after a grueling tussling inside the ring
the bloodied opponents are seen to embrace at
the end of a bout,” said Tome who was among
the full house until the early hours of Sunday
morning.
Aaron
Mhonyera,
the
Chitungwiza
Municipality Sports Administrator paid
tribute to the organisers of the tournament,
BoxAfrica, and said it went a long way in
portraying the city in good light.
“It shows it’s not all doom and gloom for
Chitungwiza and if what we saw tonight can
be repeated before the end of the year we could
on the right track to providing a worthwhile
service for our residents who have been
starved of meaningful entertainment for a
long time.
“I will certainly take the matter up with my
superiors and ask that we seriously consider
making Chitungwiza the home of boxing in
Zimbabwe,” he said amid wild cheers from
the floor.
More than 30 bouts were staged courtesy
of an arrangement made possible by a new
boxing academy, BoxAfrica, in collaboration
with Chitungwiza Municipality, Chitungwiza
Press Club and the Harare province of the
Zimbabwe Boxing Federation.
The event, which began at 10pm had
the seemingly boxing starved full house of
approximately 1 000 fans kept on the edges
of their seats until the early hours of Sunday
morning with a thrilling performance put
together by the match-makers.
Among the clubs that took part were the
BoxAfrica Academy, Powerhouse Gym, Iron
Tribe, Bees Manyuchi, ZNA School of Physical
Sport and Training and Masvingo. A musical
consortium of ZimDancehall artists from the
surburb trading as Dhandahead Crew (similar
to Mbare’s Chillspot) provided entertainment
to spice up the evening. TP
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The Parade - Zimbabwe’s Most Read Lifestyle Magazine
December 2015