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Two intriguing World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental championship
fights take place in Tanzania
and Nigeria shortly after
Christmas, and, cliché as it may
sound, promise to bring
fireworks a few days before the
end of the year.
On December 26 at the PTA Hall
in Dar Es Salaam, former WBF
World Super Middleweight
Champion Francis Cheka will
attempt to win the WBF
Intercontinental title for the
second time, taking on
cross-town rival Abdallah
Paziwapazi.
Cheka, 34-12-2 (18), won the WBF
World title in 2013 but, for
various reasons, never defended
it. In 2016 he captured the
Intercontinental title, but was
stripped of the crown when he
lost his next outing to
undefeated Indian star Vijender
Singh.
At thirty-six years of age, and
despite an advantage in
experience, Cheka will likely
have a hard time defeating the
much younger East & Central
Africa Champion Paziwapazi (25),
who brings a 24-6-1 (21) record
and is undefeated in his last
eight bouts. Whatever happens,
it is bound to be explosive!
Two days later, on December 28
at the Tafawa Balewa Square in
Lagos, Ghana-based Nigerian
Oluwaseun Joshua Wahab makes his
homecoming and fights for the
first time as a pro in his
birth-country, taking on
Tanzanian Issa Nampepeche for
the vacant WBF Intercontinental
Super Featherweight title.
The exciting and undefeated
Wahap, 17-0 (11), has won Ghana
national, West African and WBA
Pan African titles, while
Nampepeche, 29-8-6 (12), is
riding a seven-bout unbeaten
streak and looking to claim his
first professional championship.
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