Major Upsets At The Boxing Tournament :: Mmegi Online

Major upsets were the order of the day during the Botswana Boxing Association (BOBA) tournament, which was held at the University of Botswana (UB) student centre over the weekend.

The upsets started on Saturday during the preliminaries with Khumoyame Basupeng of Ghanzi Club humiliating light fly weight national champion, Tefo Rammpudu of Tsholofelo. In another upset, this time in the bantam weight division, Oarabile Setlhaka of Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) edged out another national champion Kefentse Molalapata of Tsholofelo. In the light heavy weight division preliminary bout, Thabang Motsewabeng of DTCB knocked out Chriswell Jongwe just seconds into their fight.

The light weight division weight champion is Marshal Mokgwaela of DTCB who sailed through against the Ghanzi pugilist Basupeng in the finals. Thabiso Mpolokeng of Club 1-2-5 beat up Keobaka Motsebe of BMC boxing club to take up the fly weight division championship.

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Major Upsets At The Boxing Tournament

Major upsets were the order of the day during the Botswana Boxing Association (BOBA) tournament, which was held at the University of Botswana (UB) student centre over the weekend.

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