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Tanzanian star Hassan Mwakinyo
is set to return on Friday
August 14, when he takes on
undefeated Congolese Tshibangu
Kayembe for the vacant World
Boxing Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental Super
Welterweight title in Dar Es
Salaam.
Riding a six-fight
winning-streak, Mwakinyo, 16-2
(11), is best known for a 2018
upset victory over former
European Champion Sam Eggington
in England, but the twenty-five
year-old has accomplished much
more than that since turning pro
in 2015.
Less than a year into his paid
career he Tanzanian national
Champion, and in February of
2017 he captured the East &
Central Africa title. Six months
after that, he beat 14-1
Namibian Anthony Jarmann to lift
the WBA Pan African belt.
He build on the
Eggington-triumph by winning the
UBO International title in
October of 2018, before staying
busy with decent victories over
Argentinian Sergio Eduardo
Gonzales and Filipino tough-guy
Arnel Tinampay in 2019. Now he
is ready to go a step further,
as he tries to secure the WBF
title.
Tshibangu Kayembe, 9-0-3 (3), is
a former UBO All-Africa and
International titlist, and the
26-year-old will be travelling
to Tanzania with ambitions to
take his own career to the next
level. He is a solid underdog,
but he also doesn't know how to
lose.
Mwakinyo vs. Kayembe for the WBF
Intercontinental Super
Welterweight title on August 14
at Mlimani City in Dar Es Salaam
headlines a show promoted by
Peak Time Promotions.
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