Amateurs to fight in OmusatiGetting on par with the rest of Namibia is on the mind of amateur boxing administrators from the Omusati Region. Third tournament to be held in region Getting on par with the rest of Namibia is on the mind of amateur boxing administrators from the Omusati Region. The Omusati Boxing Amateur Federation (OBAF) will host a tournament featuring fighters from four regions on Saturday.In addition to the hosts, boxers from Oshana, Oshikoto and Ohangwena will slug it out as part of the Olufuko celebrations at Outapi.
According to the OBAF chairperson, Immanuel Hamukwaya, the tournament was organised after they were invited by the Outapi Town Council.
He said they plan to host at least 40 bouts, which will include sparring by Namibia’s national amateurs selected at a tournament in Eenhana.
“The national boxers, who will face Angola in December, are in camp and we will give them the chance to spar against some of our boxers here,” Hamukwaya said.
This will be the third event hosted by OBAF after it was established in January this year.
“We are quite young as a body and all we are trying to do is to put our region on standard like the rest. We have a lot of professional fighters like Immanuel ‘Prince’ Naidjala, Jeremiah ‘No Respect’ Nakathila and Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa who are from Omusati.
So we’d like to add to that number,” Hamukwaya stated.
HECTOR MAWONGA