Uushona redeems himself

Uushona redeems himselfSalute Boxing Academy wraps it for 2016 The Salute Boxing Academy''s last event for the year has seen Bethuel ''Tyson'' Uushona being crowned as the new WBF world champion. Bethuel ''Tyson'' Uushona stacked to his words of punishing his opponent Rafal Jackiewich as the two contended for the WBF Welterweight world title.

In what can be described as a bout of hard punchers, Uushona came out tops to be crowed the new world champion after 12 rounds.

The Namibian, who said he had been disappointed for some time in his boxing career, started off at a slow pace as he was caught with a hook in the first round that sent him to the canvas.

He however redeemed himself as he wasted no chance from the second round.

Uushona made sure every punch taken landed on his opponent''s face, who also responded with some hard punches.

The exciting bout never seemed to show any complacency from the two boxers, as they kept on building on the momentum round after round.

The crowd continued to cheer for Tyson but that did not deter the Polish fighter, who made it clear earlier that he came to show his skills and not for a holiday excursion.

After 12 rounds, Uushona emerged victorious as the judges scored the bout 118-109; 115-112 and 116-109.

His victory raises his record to 41 fights, 35 wins, five losses and one draw. Speaking to the media after his crowning, Uushona praised his talent, indicating that he knew from the onset that he caught a shot as he was the one that chose to fight Jackiewich.

“I knew what was at stake because the guy has a wealth of experience as he has fought all the best fighters in the world so I wanted to test myself after a while and so many disappointments, so now I am looking forward to the next fight,” he said.

He added that he also expected it to be hard fight and did what he was expected to do.

“In the first round when he caught me I was relaxed, maybe I underrated him so much as my trainer would always tell me to be very serious as he is a tough contender but I have been off for a while, he caught me, and he is good. Champions get down and get up and win the fight,” he said.

In the supporting bout, Lukas ''The Demolisher'' Ndafoluma won by unanimous decision against South African Walter Dlamini, while Albino Felesiano won by a technical knockout in the first round against Tebogo Kagiso from Botswana.

In another bout of hard punchers in the super bantamweight category, Joseph ''Smokey'' Hilongwa lost to South African Twizilondi Nepandoni by a split decision when the judges scored the bout 75-77, 78-74 and 75-77.

In other bouts, Nathanael ''Natty'' Kakololo won against Matheus Kandala, while David ''Opuwo Flash'' Shinuna drew with Johannes Niinkoti.

Nathanael ''Iron fists'' Sebastian beat Gabriel Imalwa, Vakufilapo ''Cowboy'' Nashivela beat Nuuyoma December, while Amos ''Heavy Duty'' Enkala beat Philip Swartbooi.

Jonas ''Braveheart'' Mateus won by a technical knockout against Thato Monabana from Botswana, while Immanuel ''Imms'' Joseph beat Joseph Matheus and Werner ''Matenda'' Tobias beat Sam Shama.

It was Salute Boxing Academy''s last boxing bonanza of the year.

KAINO NGHITONGO