Mlundwa Warns Cheka Over Title Defence

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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) Salma Said 2 June 2011 Zanzibar First Vice-President Seif Sharrif Hamad has said the government will continue to value and take good care of its retired officials.Speaking with a committee of retired public servants in his Migombani office, Mr Hamad pointed out that the government will not disrespect them as they have great contributions to make to the country. "We acknowledge the importance of your contribution to the community and basing on that the government will continue to create a conducive environment to enable you lead decent lives even after retirement," he said.

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Majuto Omary

2 June 2011

The Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) representative, Emmanuel Mlundwa, has warned Francis Cheka of being stripped of his title belt should he fight Daniel Wanyonyi of Kenya.

The middleweight sensation, whose time to defend the title expired three months ago, was last month directed by the UBO vice president David Maizner to defend the title first before engaging in a non-title bout.”Cheka is yet to defend his title. We’ve opted to give him another chance to do so. If he fails to do so, we’ll declare it vacant,” Maizner warned in a letter whose copy was availed to The Citizen.

Unperturbed by the warning, the stage is now set for him to trade punches with the Kenyan in the non-title fight on June 25, which would force the UBO to declare his title vacant. UBO rules and regulations require a boxer to defend the title within six months. Cheka defended his last September, nine months to date.

“The UBO directives are clear, he should defend it first before going for the non-title fights, but he is doing just the opposite.”The fight against Wanyonyi is not sanctioned by the UBO, therefore if he insists on facing the Kenyan, he will be stripped of the title automatically,” said Mlundwa, who doubles as Pugilist Syndicate of Tanzania president.

Mlundwa said Cheka should learn from other boxers’ mistakes, citing an example of Juma Fundi who was stripped of his flyweight title recently.Cheka said lack of promoters was the major factor behind his failure to defend the title within the regulation time. “I didn’t fight within the required period because I’ve other titles to defend,” he said

He added: “But who will organise it for me? None of the promoters I work with are interested in staging the UBO fight because it costs a lot of money.”

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