{"id":76093,"date":"2019-03-27T03:17:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=76093"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T01:17:20","slug":"wilson-masamba-confident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/wilson-masamba-confident\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Masamba confident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mphatso Malidadi: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wilson-Masamba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wilson-Masamba-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wilson-Masamba-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wilson-Masamba-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Wilson-Masamba.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Malawi Defence Force pugilist, Wilson Masamba, believes time is ripe for him to win an international belt.<\/p>\n<p>Masamba faces undefeated South African<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/206493-lunga-stimela\"> Lunga Stimela<\/a> in a 10-round African Boxing Union super featherweight title at<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg Military Base in Cape Town on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI am going there to represent the country. I am fully prepared to put up an impressive performance. I know that my time to get a belt is here. My fans should not despair because I am ready,\u201d<\/em> said Masamba on Monday before he departed Zimbabwe, where he camped, for South Africa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Masamba camped at Delta Force Boxing Academy in Zimbabwe under the guidance of trainer Clyde Musonda.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk much but my performance would vindicate me. I have lots of experience and I am confident that I will excel,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Masamba, 35, has 29 wins, including 10 knockouts, 12 defeats and two draws whereas Stimela has a perfect record, having won all 11 fights through knockouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: Malawi Defence Force pugilist, Wilson Masamba, believes time is ripe for him to win an international belt. Masamba faces undefeated South African Lunga Stimela in a 10-round African Boxing Union super featherweight title at Wynberg Military Base in Cape Town on Friday. \u201cI am going there to represent the country. I am [&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-76093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76093","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=76093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76094,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76093\/revisions\/76094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}