{"id":396109,"date":"2011-04-25T09:42:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/namibia-mwetupunga-defends-aussie-title\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T09:42:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T09:42:18","slug":"namibia-mwetupunga-defends-aussie-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/namibia-mwetupunga-defends-aussie-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: Mwetupunga Defends Aussie Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"34.5788001243\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/59a688e4namibian180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>21 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>AUSTRALIAN-BASED Namibian boxer Johannes &#8216;Tito&#8217; Mwetupunga retained his Australian middleweight title when he defeated Omar Shaick by TKO last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The former amateur sensation, who is on a nine-fight winning streak, took the first step in what he claims is his breakout year. Mwetupunga won the fight with an eighth-round TKO to record his fourth successful title defence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a tough fight as he was southpaw,&#8221; Mwetupunga told The Namibian Sport from his Melbourne base.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is always hard fighting interstate from Victoria where I am currently living. I plan on defending it the title another couple of times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mwetupunga said he was initially scheduled to fight on February 25 but that fight was called off four days before its scheduled date after his opponent pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Apparently my opponent was complaining of an injury,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However no doctor&#8217;s certificate to prove this was presented, so I can only assume he was scared of losing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Mwetupunga, details of a proposed Commonwealth title fight passed him by while he was on holiday in Namibia late last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They sent a contract while I was at home in Namibia, however I was unaware until I came back to Australia,&#8221; Mwetupunga said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I had known the fight on February 25 was going to be cancelled, I could have fought in England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My promoters are now talking about the IBF Pacific Title as well as WBO. It will be a big year for me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/59a688e4namibian180.jpg-150x25.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104250349.html\" title=\"Namibia: Mwetupunga Defends Aussie Title\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namibia: Mwetupunga Defends Aussie Title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 April 2011 AUSTRALIAN-BASED Namibian boxer Johannes &#8216;Tito&#8217; Mwetupunga retained his Australian middleweight title when he defeated Omar Shaick by TKO last Friday. The former amateur sensation, who is on a nine-fight winning streak, took the first step in what he claims is his breakout year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia: Mwetupunga Defends Aussie Title - Ghanamma.com<\/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.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/namibia-mwetupunga-defends-aussie-title\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Namibia: Mwetupunga Defends Aussie Title - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"21 April 2011 AUSTRALIAN-BASED Namibian boxer Johannes &#039;Tito&#039; Mwetupunga retained his Australian middleweight title when he defeated Omar Shaick by TKO last Friday. 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