Middleweight
boxer Edmos ‘pitbull’ Takawira is set to battle the Tanzanian champion Thomas
Mashali for a Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) middleweight title (belt) in
June this year.
Takawira is
currently in camp in preparation for a match scheduled for the 22nd
of this month against Babeguy Chimanga of Democratic Republic of Congo in
Lusaka Zambia, said the title match means a lot to him and will add weight to
his career
“My battles go and on but fighting for the UBO
title will highlight my career, its every boxer’s dream to turn professional,
get a stable and manager, fighting for and winning a belt” he said
“I am focused
and ready to break bones’ said Takawira as he shed a smile on his face
He went on to
highlight that he has reduced weight and gone back to the division he started
with.
“I myself used
to be a number one contender for light heavy weight but I have shed weight and
go down to middleweight division, of which this is the division I started with
when I turned professional in 2001” said Takawira
Takawira once
fought for a light middle weight national title in 2003 against Modecai
Ngwenya, and for a middle weight champion in 2007.
He started
representing the country in 2008 when he fought against the South African
Champion Tshepang Mohale, in 2010 he battled in a catch weight match against
the Democratic Republic of Congo Heavy weight champion Postolo Matamba. In 2013
he fought Namibian World Boxing Organization champion Vikapita 'beastmaster' Meroro.
He went on to
tell that boxing was his life and is making a living out of it
“Between and
boxing and boxing there is a lifelong affair, when my age mates enrolled into
colleges I picked up a pair of gloves, I am not dumb and I don’t regret it as I
am loving what I am doing at the same time making a living out of it, although
I get punched in the face in every match I am moved when I put smiles and
entertain people” said Takawira
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