Malani Kayuni outshone Wilson \u2018Shasha\u2019 Masamba via razor-thin total cards of 230-229 in a tight eight-round non-title bout at Obrigado Leisure Park in Mzuzu on Sunday.<\/p>\n
What the two boxers promised to be a nerve-shredding exchange of jabs the day before, proved just that as both men stepped into the ring looking bloodthirsty.<\/p>\n
The bout looked balanced in the opening stages, but it was Kayuni\u2019s excellent fighting tactics which showed that he meant business.<\/p>\n
In the closing stages of the seventh round, Masamba\u2019s lost steam and he was forced to the floor following Kayuni\u2019s ferocious combination of blows.<\/p>\n
Kayuni\u2019s dominance soared from there onwards until the final round, in which judges awarded Kayuni 30 points against Masamba\u2019s 25.<\/p>\n
Commenting on his performance afterwards, Kayuni, alias the Executioner, said he had defeated a good boxer.<\/p>\n
The pugilist however said he was not very happy because he wanted to win with a technical knockout.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have played Masamba several times and I know how he plays though he has beaten me twice. But I am not that happy. I was aiming at a technical knockout to prove that my game is improving,\u201d Kayuni said.<\/p>\n
Masamba refused to accept defeat and insisted that he had lost because of the judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not lost this bout. I am not even worried at all. If I had indeed been beaten I would have conceded defeat without a fuss. But I don\u2019t understand the criteria they [the judges] used in declaring Kayuni the winner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNevertheless, he [Kayuni] has played well today simply because he has managed to finish all the rounds. He has maintained his style while improving on his technique here and there. But I do not see him playing better like he has done,\u201d the Lilongwe-based boxer explained.<\/p>\n
Promoter Bagidadi Mwamlima was left thrilled with the turn up of sports lovers at the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoxing in the region was on the death bed because of verbal wars between promoters and boxing associations. I was receiving some threats because I wanted to re-organise boxing. That is why I had to take a break. But now that all disagreements have been resolved, boxing is back to life here in the North,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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