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Charles Manyushi successfully
defended the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Middleweight title on Saturday
July 3 on the grounds outside
the Flamboyant Hotel in
Masvingo, Zimbabwe, fending off
game challenger Mohamad Sebyala
from Uganda.
It turned out to be a strange
event, as governmental
permission was only given a week
or so before the fight-date, due
to Covid concerns, and two WBF
title fights set for the
undercard were called off two
days out when boxers were not
allowed to enter Zimbabwe.
Then the entire undercard was
canceled due to Covid
restrictions, and finally one of
the WBF judges assigned for the
main event tested positive,
forcing South African Elroy
Marshal to become a scoring
referee.
So with a total of 39 people,
including technical staff, in
attendance, Manyushi took
control of his fight midway
through, after losing the first
two rounds, and won a deserved
unanimous decision.
Judge Patrick Mkondiwa scored it
116-110, while judge Edward
Marshall and scoring referee
Elroy Marshall both had it
117-109.
Manyushi, who had not fought
since winning the title in
September of 2019, improved his
professional record to 25-4-1
(15). Former Ugandan and East &
Central Africa titlist Sebyala
drops to 19-14-1 (16).
Promoter was Charles Manyushi
Boxing Academy in association
with Lionheart Boxing
Productions.
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