{"id":74309,"date":"2019-02-12T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=74309"},"modified":"2019-02-12T09:42:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T07:42:48","slug":"south-africa-based-malawian-enjoying-good-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/south-africa-based-malawian-enjoying-good-form\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa-based Malawian enjoying good form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mphatso Malidadi:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74314\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dennis-mwale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dennis-mwale-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dennis-mwale-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dennis-mwale.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VICTORIOUS IN<br \/>FOREIGN LAND\u2014<br \/>Mwale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>South Africa-based Malawian boxer, Dennis \u2018The Menace\u2019 Mwale, has maintained his perfect professional record after winning by unanimous decision against Ripfumelo Chikwambana at Time Square, Menlyn, in Pretoria on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>All three judges scored 60-54 each in favour of the Malawian during the six-round non-title contest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt was a tough fight but I managed to contain him. He is a good boxer because he also defeated my compatriot Sando Jackson in 2017. I had to win at all cost as I am trying hard to do better to attract bigger fights,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 27-year-old boxer, who was born in Lilongwe and raised in Mzimba, has maintained his perfect record to six straight wins whereas Chikwambana has suffered his second loss, having won six fights including four knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>Local boxing pundit Steve \u2018Mawenzi\u2019 Msiska said Mwale must improve to win through technical knockouts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMwale is a good fighter who can stun top boxers but needs to add power to his punches. He could have easily won this fight by knockout but he had no power in his punches,\u201d<\/em> Msiska said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Malawi Professional Boxing Control Board spokesperson, Frank Chibisa, said they are following Mwale\u2019s exploits with keen interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe is a good lad who is always hungry for a fight. He needs support from the country to vie for international belts,\u201d<\/em> Chibisa said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mwale is trying to follow the footsteps of compatriot Isaac \u2018Golden Boy\u2019 Chilemba, who has won some international belts in his career after relocating to South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: South Africa-based Malawian boxer, Dennis \u2018The Menace\u2019 Mwale, has maintained his perfect professional record after winning by unanimous decision against Ripfumelo Chikwambana at Time Square, Menlyn, in Pretoria on Saturday. All three judges scored 60-54 each in favour of the Malawian during the six-round non-title contest. \u201cIt was a tough fight but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74315,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74309\/revisions\/74315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}