Nyilawila to Fight Zambian in Friendly Bout

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Doris Maliyaga

13 July 2011

Dar es Salaam — The World Boxing Federation (WBF) middleweight boxer, Kalama Nyilawila, will have a non-title date against Zambian Mwamba Moses at the PTA Hall on September 30.

Nyilawila, who landed the sports writers gong last season, will be relishing fighting at home having laboriously posted victories abroad.

He grabbed the WBF belt in the Czech Republic after posting an unanimous decision win over his Albanian challenger Kreshnik Qato last December.

Coordinator of the bout, Kaike Siraju, told The Citizen yesterday that preparations for the fight, billed to be attention-grabbing, were on course. “We’ve already started the preparations for the bout, hopefully everything will be in place by early September,” he said.

Siraju, one of the prominent bout promoters, added: “Nyilawila is one of the best boxers in the country right now and we believe that he will stretch his impressive run against foreign boxers.”For his part, Nyilawila voiced his optimism of knocking out the Zambian to keep his run going. “I have known Mwamba for a long time, he is very skilful, but his records don’t faze me.

“At present, I’m honing my skills ahead of the fight and I’m confident that I can hold my own. I know I punch hard and I’m solid enough, so hopefully I’ll knock him out,” the middleweight sensation said.

The main fight would be preceded by several undercard bouts including; the Chaurembo Palasa versus Venas Mponji battle before Juma Seleman trades punches with Shani Madilu.

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