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Pictures: Manyuchi gets $50 000

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WORLD Boxing Council welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi yesterday received $50 000 cash from President Robert Mugabe as a reward for defending his title.

WORLD Boxing Council welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi yesterday received $50 000 cash from President Robert Mugabe as a reward for defending his title.

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The Masvingo-born boxer successfully defended his title when he dismantled Italian Gianculla Frezza in the sixth round in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, a fortnight ago.

Manyuchi was handed the money stockpiled in an envelope, at a function at State House.

President Robert Mugabe arrives at State House on July 30 to honour welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi.
President Robert Mugabe arrives at State House on July 30 to honour welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi.
In his speech President Mugabe said, "“Charles, congratulations, you did the nation proud and keep on flying our flag higher and higher until you reach that planet that they say they recently discovered which they say is close in features to our Earth and they say it has water to drink."
In his speech President Mugabe said, ““Charles, congratulations, you did the nation proud and keep on flying our flag higher and higher until you reach that planet that they say they recently discovered which they say is close in features to our Earth and they say it has water to drink.”
President Mugabe gestures with his boxing gloves during a ceremony held at State House on July 30 to honour welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi.
President Mugabe gestures with his boxing gloves during a ceremony held at State House on July 30 to honour welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi.
President Robert Mugabe playfully throws punches at Charles Manyuchi while the world welterweight boxing champion's wife Fariro Rutendo Hove and Harare Metropolitan Provincial minister Miriam Chikukwa look on at State House on July 30.
President Robert Mugabe playfully throws punches at Charles Manyuchi while the world welterweight boxing champion’s wife Fariro Rutendo Hove and Harare Metropolitan Provincial minister Miriam Chikukwa look on at State House on July 30.
President Robert Mugabe hands over an envelope containing $50 000 to welterweight boxing chapion Charles Manyuchi at State House on July 30, while Acting Sports minister Supa Mandiwanzira looks on.
President Robert Mugabe hands over an envelope containing $50 000 to welterweight boxing chapion Charles Manyuchi at State House on July 30, while Acting Sports minister Supa Mandiwanzira looks on.