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One of the unheralded stars of
Namibian boxing is Joseph
'Smokey' Hilongwa.
A former Olympian and former
Namibian National Flyweight
champion, the unbeaten Hilongwa
currently holds the WBA African
title.
While 'Smokey' could and should
have had other fights and
opportunities in the past, his
impressive record currently
stands at 11 fights with all
victories, five of them coming
inside the distance.
On March 29 at the Windhoek
Country Club Resort in Windhoek,
Namibia, he will take on
Sibusiso Twani for the vacant
World Boxing Federation
Intercontinental Super Flyweight
title.
Moving up a weight class,
Hilongwa has his eyes on current
WBF world champion Juan 'Goofy'
Montes of Mexico, and longs to
be another world champion in the
boxing crazy country of Namibia.
In his way stands a much
underrated but hugely capable
fighter in South African,
Sibusiso Twani, who has only
lost twice in ten outings
(7-2-1) and who has gone the
distance with the # 2 fighter in
the world, Hekkie Budler.
Twani sees this equally as an
opportunity for greater things
and is certainly coming to fight
on this Warrior's Promotions
bill.
WBF President Howard Goldberg,
who has been dealing with this
fight, commented on the
professionalism thus far from
Warrior's Promotions and what a
pleasure it has been to work
with them. |
