Also on Friday, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, US-based puncher Paul Mpendo of Uganda could not land the big one and let former WBA World champion Jose Antonio Rivera get away with a unanimous decision in a Super Welter matchup scheduled for eight.
Same day in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzanian spectators at the Millenium Hall witnessed a club show topped by a six round rubber match between local Super Bantamweight contenders Hassan Kidebe and Shaban Mtengela. Their first encounter back in December produced fireworks with both boxers visiting the canvas before Mtengela was able to squeeze out a four round decision. A rematch was in order and in April, the two fought to a draw, again over four rounds. This time, upgraded to a six, the score still unsettled with the ref scoring it three rounds a piece. Mtengela goes home with his third draw against six wins and four losses while Kidebe closes out at 11-4-4. In other four rounders, unbeaten Lightweight, Salehe Mkalekwa, took a unanimous decision over Edward Luanda, both in their fourth paid matches. The loser has not seen a victory since his debut at Light Flyweight in 2007. Still at Lightweight, Mohamedi Kashinde notched his second win in as many fights with a third round KO over debuting Maulid Muhsin. At Bantamweight, another debutante, Bashiru Mkumbukwa, dropped a shutout decision to a very happy Dickson Kawiani celebrating his first victory in six outings. In the same division, Elias Nyampala outpointed Hamis Machachari while at featherweight, Mohammed Kondo topped Omari Makame, all making their pro debuts.
Dar-es-Salaam fans enjoyed another fight card on Saturday, this time at the DDC Keko Hall featuring two ancient warhorses and a pair of female matchups. Forty-one year old ex-IBF Africa Super Welterweight kingpin Maneno Oswald scored his thirty-seventh win against thirty-three defeats and three draws with a fifth round KO over the very faded former Tanzanian Welterweight champion Ernest Bujiku in a Middleweight encounter scheduled for six. A female Super Lightweight encounter witnessed the return to action of Jamhuri Said after a disastrous 2007 pro debut first round KO loss to world-rated Kenyan Fatuma Zarika. This time, the Tanzanian evened her ledger out at 1-1 with a six round points victory over Zarika's country-mate Rukia Nasarite, now 5-7-4. In the second female pairing, Fadhila Balawa and Asha Mzoa, both making their pro debuts, battled to a four round draw at Super Bantamweight.
Former ABU and IBF African Super Middleweight champion Joseph Marwa, now campaigning at Cruiserweight, took a heavyweight fight in Russia against 3-1 Albanian novice Bedarin Toma. But although Marwa was thirty-eight fights more experienced than his opponent, Toma made up for it with seventy-four more pounds in weight (33 kgs). Result; Marwa suffered two knockdowns en route to dropping an eight round decision. Top Tanzanian Super Welterweight contender Selemani Said travelled to Ukraine to take on undefeated Oleksandr Spyrko for a shot at the vacant IBO Youth Super Welterweight title on Saturday, but was rebuffed on the scorecards after going the ten round distance. Spyrko notched his sixteenth straight while Selemani stats drop to 10-4-2.
In Brooklyn, New York, Johannesburg-born US resident Danie van Staden, alias "The White Lion", suffered his seventh defeat and fifth KO loss with eight wins when he was brutally dispatched in the third by local undefeated Super Lightweight hero Gabriel Bracero. The winner, improving to 17-0, managed only his third knockout, but ironically connected with what is said to be one of the hardest punches of the year so far.
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