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Malawian Champ
Phiri Gets UBO Title-Shot |
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August 25, 2020 /
BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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One of the
most promising up-and-coming boxers in
Africa, reigning Malawian national champion
Hannock Phiri, is set to challenge for the
vacant Universal Boxing Organization™
(UBO) International Lightweight title.
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22 year-old
Phiri (10-1, 9 KOs) will go on the
road, and face former UBO World Super
Featherweight Champion Cosmas Cheka (24-13-6, 5
KOs) on September 13 in Morogoro, Tanzania.
A pro
since March of 2017, Phiri is no stranger to
prevailing in his opponents back-yard. Last
September he traveled to Lusaka, Zambia where he
unanimously decisioned undefeated local man
Hilary Kataya to lift the WPBF International
crown.
Three
months later he captured the Zambian national
title, when he dethroned Byson Gwayani, whom he
had already defeated in a non-title fight eight
months earlier.
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Despite
being only twenty-nine, Cosmas Cheka is a true
veteran of the game. He made his pro debut in
2009, and, besides the UBO World title triumph
in 2016, has held Tanzanian and World Boxing
Federation (WBF) African titles.
It will
be very interesting to see if the young,
hard-punching Phiri is too fresh, or if the
experienced campaigner, Cheka, has too many
tricks in his bag on top of the support from the
crowd.
The fight
will headline a show promoted by Kaike
Promotions.
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UNIVERSAL BOXING ORGANIZATION™
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