WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2010-08-02 Time: 14:00:01 Posted By: News Poster
By Augustine Hwata
Harare – FOR those who were in doubt, at least Zvenyika Arifonso did something right when he successfully staged a boxing bout at Mbare’s Stodart Netball Complex on Saturday.
The former Commonwealth flyweight boxing champion has in the past been dogged by controversy but on Saturday he turned a new page when he staged his first competition as a promoter and it was almost flawless.
His bill featured four bouts while the fifth was cancelled due to bad light.
Arifonso has turned his hand to training boxers and has established the Mosquito Boxing Stable that provided some of the boxers for the bill.
In the most exciting bout of the day, Tinashe Mutodza from Masvingo beat Ronald Tamana from the Mosquito stable in a super-bantamweight elimination bout.
Mutodza won by a unanimous points decision after the two pugilists had traded leather right until the 10th and final round. In only his second fight as a professional, Mutodza is closer to the national super-bantamweight belt that is vacant at the moment.
Mutodza came into the fight as the underdog as he faced an opponent who had spent more time in the ring as a professional. Tamana had battled in four fights as a professional, winning three and losing once before the shock defeat to Mutodza on Saturday.
The Harare boxer, fighting from the blue corner, was a favourite with the crowd as Mbare is his home base and he appeared confident from the first round.
Tamana troubled his opponent with some hard punches but failed to floor Mutodza.
Mutodza gained confidence in the second round as he kept his guard on and also sent a flurry of blows raining on Tamana who fell once in the third round after slipping on the canvas. At the end of the third round, Tamana had to receive treatment for a cut above the left eye but was still prepared to continue fighting. The two boxers continued to trade leather with Tamana throwing hard jabs while Mutodza was eager to score some points.
At one time in the ninth round, the fighting was frenzied as Tamana aggravated the cut while Mutodza was saved from going down by the ropes after meeting a left hook.
The two were clearly out of breath in the final round where Mutodza went to the canvas once.
There was uproar when the judges proclaimed Mutodza the winner against “Ronny”, the Mbare boy.
Some of the fans ended up blasting the judges for being biased but the decision stood and the boxers embraced each other after the fight. Mutodza believed he was a deserving winner.
“This was my second fight as a professional and had gone in as the underdog. But I think I fought very well to win, especially with the crowd against me. Some people might feel it’s a controversial decision but I think I had more combination punches than him which gave me more points. I am now looking forward to the other challengers in the super-bantamweight division,” he said.
Zvenyika, Tamana’s trainer, was also surprised by the decision from the judges but accepted it.
“Well, I thought our guy had won but I cannot question the judges because it’s their job,” he said.
In the other fight, Never Mbereko won over Silas Mandeya in a lightweight non-title bout that went for four rounds. Mbereko from Juluka Boxing Club of Epworth was making his debut as a professional and surprised Mandeya from the Mosquito stable, who had four fights under his belt as a professional.
Mandeya had won two and lost as many fights in his four previous contests. The match was tightly contested and served as a good curtain-raiser to the elimination bout.
Before Mandeya and Mbereko exchanged blows, Clemence Mutyala had registered a victory over Kelvin Ephraim in an all-Epworth clash between two amateurs mentored by Thomas Kambuyi.
Mutyala was in his third fight and hopes to turn professional soon.
“I am still an amateur and very young. My aim is to win a gold medal at the National Youth Games next month and then I will try the Zone Six Games to gain more experience,” said the teenage boxer.
But the fight that stole the thunder on the day was between seasoned fighters Charles Manyuchi and Farai Master Kachigwada in a light-middleweight six-round clash. Manyuchi trains in Masvingo while Kachigwada had a stint at the Mau Mau yard.
Manyuchi was comical in ducking punches but lethal when he took aim at Kachigwada who retired in the last round. The non-title lightweight fight between Tawanda Chigwida and Trymore Musira was called off because of darkness. Arifonso was happy that he has managed to prove his critics wrong by staging a show.
“I want to thank my sponsors Sprint Engineering, through Freddy Frankie, Regents Laboratories, Paroan Service Station, Blue Line Dry Cleaners, J.B Buckets, M. Desai, R.V Patel and many others who trusted me to hold this bill. It’s a good start for me and I’m also happy with all the boxers who came to fight and hope to stage more events in future. I am just starting to promote and hope to have bigger fights,” said Arifonso.
Zimbabwe Boxing Board of Control secretary Patrick Mukondiwa was happy that the competition had gone well.
“I am happy that Zvenyika has managed to stage a boxing event. This is why we gave him a licence for promoter/ trainer. It is a way of empowering former boxers just like in football where former players are becoming coaches,” said Mukondiwa.
Current Issue
Opinion & AnalysisHomeNewsSportsBusinessEntertainmentForeign
Original Source: 
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Original date published: 26 July 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201008020639.html?viewall=1