Zimbabwe: Manyuchi Wants to See Boxing Revived

19 December 2014

WORLD Boxing Council welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi says Zimbabwe has to move mountains to revive the sport. Manyuchi was speaking soon after receiving the Sportsperson of the Year award at a function in Harare on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old said he will continue to have his matches in Zambia where he fights under Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions.

"I think for now I still want to fight in Zambia, that's where my bread and butter is. In Zimbabwe we don't have promoters, we don't have equipment and we don't have people who have got the love of sport in terms of boxing.

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