Zambia: Spicing Boxing With Wrestling

THIS past week my attention was drawn to two unrelated items which were reported in some sections of the mainstream media. The first was the announcement by Exodus Boxing Promotions director and coach Anthony Mwamba that his stables was going to revive wrestling, a sport that had died with the demise of great wrestler William "Tiger Boy" Nkandu.

The other matter was from rival Oriental Quarries Boxing Stables director Chris Malunga who voiced the need to get World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion Catherine Phiri to fight outside Zambia and, thereby, break with tradition. I thought these were topical subjects and I felt it in order to share my views on them with you this week.

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