Zimbabweans Tinashe Mtodza from Masvingo and Bulawayo-based Dumezweni Ntuli were at the receiving end against Namibian boxers as local boxers continue the trek to neighbouring countries due to inactivity on the local boxing front.
Mtodza was knocked out by Namibian Albinus Felesianu in the eighth and final round of their featherweight encounter at the SKW Hall in Windhoek on Friday night.
According to reports from Namibia, Felesianu put Mtodza down with a crunching hook to the body. Although the Zimbabwean managed to beat the count, he immediately went down from a similar blow to the body and was counted out with only one second remaining in the eighth round.
Felesianu’s record now stands at 13 wins and two losses, while Mtodza’s is still to record a win in his three professional fights which have all ended in defeat.
The Felesianu-Mtodza fight was promoted to the main fight of the evening after another Zimbabwean, Martin Tshuma, failed to arrive for his welterweight fight against Namibian Pohamba Mandume.
In the main supporting bout, Gottlieb Ndokosho of Namibia beat Ntuli of Zimbabwe on a third round knockout in a featherweight fight.
According to the Namibian newspaper, the fight started dramatically as Ndokosho knocked Ntuli down with his first punch and from then on there was never any doubt as to the outcome.
Ndokosho picked up the tempo in the second round and although Ntuli offered brief resistance, he was no match for Ndokosho, who knocked him down with a right hook two minutes and nine seconds into the third round.
