{"id":426445,"date":"2011-05-19T01:33:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/19\/veteran-marwa-ready-for-big-fight-in-germany\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:33:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:33:09","slug":"veteran-marwa-ready-for-big-fight-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/veteran-marwa-ready-for-big-fight-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Marwa Ready for Big Fight in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"21.7233368532\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecitizen.co.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Citizen<\/a> (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam)<\/p>\n<p>18 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Dar Es Salaam \u2014 Veteran professional boxer Joseph &#8220;Hungry Lion&#8221; Marwa will tomorrow fight Germany&#8217;s Alexander Petkovic for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Eastern and Western European heavyweight titles.<\/p>\n<p>The scheduled 12-round fight will take place in the German city of Munich, according to organisers. Marwa left for Germany yesterday in high spirits after training for about a month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been looking forward to this fight. I want to prove that I&#8217;m a force to be reckoned with in boxing. I&#8217;m satisfied with the preparations I have made, and I&#8217;m confident I will return with the belts,&#8221; he told The Citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The bout has been organised by Robert Rolle and will be supervised by the German Boxing Association (GBA). Marwa has a record of 24 wins (seven by knockout), 16 losses (6 by knockout) and one draw.<\/p>\n<p>Petkovic has a record of 39 victories (20 knockouts), four losses and four draws. Other bouts will see Varol Vekiloglu fight Nikola Matic in a scheduled eight-round light-heavyweight encounter.<\/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>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105190034.html\" title=\"Veteran Marwa Ready for Big Fight in Germany\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veteran Marwa Ready for Big Fight in Germany<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 18 May 2011 Dar Es Salaam \u2014 Veteran professional boxer Joseph &#8220;Hungry Lion&#8221; Marwa will tomorrow fight Germany&#8217;s Alexander Petkovic for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Eastern and Western European heavyweight titles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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