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History was made in Botswana on
Friday night, August 26, as Steven
Bagwasi became the country´s first
ever boxing world champion.
In front of a huge crowd at the UB
Indoor Arena in Gaborone, Bagwasi
won the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World Super
Featherweight title with a
land-slide unanimous decision over
Tanzanian Said Chino.
With fast hands, elusiveness and
clever boxing, Bagwasi put on a
masterclass against the game Chino,
who never stopped trying and was a
big part in giving the spectators an
entertaining fight despite the local
mans superiority.
In round four, Bagwasi scored a
knock-down, landing a sweet short
right hand to floor Chino, but the
visitor beat the count of referee
Patrick Mkondiwa and battled on.
After twelve rounds of boxing,
judges David Nyathi, Edward Marshall
and Lejego Tladi all scored the
fight 120-107 for Bagwasi, who
improved his professional record to
8-1 (2). Chino drops to 19-10-2
(14).
Brodcast live by Botswana
Television, the fight was promoted
by Scud Missile Promotions.
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