{"id":449120,"date":"2011-06-28T08:02:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/28\/cheka-outpoints-kenyan-to-keep-impressive-run\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T08:02:03","slug":"cheka-outpoints-kenyan-to-keep-impressive-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/28\/cheka-outpoints-kenyan-to-keep-impressive-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheka Outpoints Kenyan to Keep Impressive Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"49.0518558952\">\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>Lilian Lucas<\/p>\n<p>27 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Morogoro \u2014 Middleweight sensation Francis Cheka proved his invincibility on Saturday after outpointing Kenya&#8217;s Daniel Wanyonyi at Jamhuri Stadium here.<\/p>\n<p>The Morogoro-based boxer scored 105-95, 100-93 and 100-93 from the judging trio of Omari Yazidu, Ibrahim Kamwe and Kondo Nassoro, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The anxiously awaited 10 round non-title bout started on a low note with both boxers failing to unleash telling punches.<\/p>\n<p>Cheered by home supporters, the Morogoro-based UBO titleholder, who has not lost a bout since September, 2008, started dominating matters in the second round, but the Kenyan contained him in a magnificent fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Cheka continued to thrill the home crowd in the third round with some power-packed punches that almost sent the Kenyan to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Wanyonyi regained his poise in the fourth round, cornering his highly fancied opponent, but Cheka refused to be dominated and launched vicious uppercuts that weakened the Kenyan.<\/p>\n<p>Looking tired, the boxers could not thrill the crowd in the fourth round, but the real excitement came in the fifth round.<\/p>\n<p>Cheka, the hard hitter, unleashed a series of punches and uppercuts that sent Wanyonyi to the canvas, but the never-say-die Kenyan, refused to lie down forever.<\/p>\n<p>Wanyonyi looked destined to record a knockout victory in the sixth round after battering tired Cheka for a long spell.<\/p>\n<p>The home boy came back in the seventh round stronger and dominated to the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the bout, Cheka said he was delighted to emerge victorious and lavished praise on the Kenyan for holding on to the final round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fight was tough, but I did it once again. Wanyonyi is hard to beat and I believe he has a great boxing future,&#8221; Cheka said.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Wanyonyi conceded defeat and described Cheka as a &#8216;tough guy&#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>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106280130.html\" title=\"Cheka Outpoints Kenyan to Keep Impressive Run\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheka Outpoints Kenyan to Keep Impressive Run<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) Lilian Lucas 27 June 2011 Morogoro \u2014 Middleweight sensation Francis Cheka proved his invincibility on Saturday after outpointing Kenya&#8217;s Daniel Wanyonyi at Jamhuri Stadium here. The Morogoro-based boxer scored 105-95, 100-93 and 100-93 from the judging trio of Omari Yazidu, Ibrahim Kamwe and Kondo Nassoro, respectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-449120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cheka Outpoints Kenyan to Keep Impressive Run - 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\/06\/28\/cheka-outpoints-kenyan-to-keep-impressive-run\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cheka Outpoints Kenyan to Keep Impressive Run - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) Lilian Lucas 27 June 2011 Morogoro \u2014 Middleweight sensation Francis Cheka proved his invincibility on Saturday after outpointing Kenya&#039;s Daniel Wanyonyi at Jamhuri Stadium here. 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