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A good day in the office for African boxers with three of them advancing to the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games boxing tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morocco\u2019s African Games bantamweight champion Widad Bertal was the first one through to the quarters followed by Zambia\u2019s African Games flyweight champion Patrick Chinyemba and Cape Verde\u2019s Africa bronze medallist David Pina (pictured) who trades leather with Chinyemba in the quarter-finals on Friday, August 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it would have been better to see both meet in the later stages of the Paris Olympic Games boxing event, the beauty of their quarter-final bout is that Africa has already scooped its first medal since one of them is assured of a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 31, Morocco\u2019s world heavyweight champion Khadija Mardi, Mozambican Commonwealth Games light-middleweight silver medallist Tiago Muxanga and Egypt\u2019s gold medallist in the Africa Olympic qualifiers Omar Elawady will step through the ropes in pre-quarters bouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 11 boxers have so far been eliminated from the competition. They are Egyptian bantamweight Yomna Ayyad, Nigeria\u2019s heavyweight Adam Olaore, Zambia\u2019s flyweight Margret Tembo, Morocco\u2019s flyweight Yasmine Mouttaki, Nigeria\u2019s lightweight Cynthia Ogunsemilore, Algeria\u2019s lightweight Hadjila Khelif, Algeria\u2019s light-welterweight Jugurtha Ait Bekka, Algeria\u2019s super-heavyweight Mourad Kadi, DR Congo\u2019s featherweight Marcelat Sakobi, Mali\u2019s Fatoumata Camara and Egypt\u2019s super-heavyweight Abdelrahman Orabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sakobi, Fatoumata and Orabi are the latest casualties. They all lost on Tuesday, July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sakobi, the reigning Africa Elite Championships featherweight gold medallist, put up a remarkable performance against Uzbekistan\u2019s Sitora Turdibekova who squeezed 3-2 victory, Fatoumata was beaten 5-0 by Turkey\u2019s featherweight Esra Yildiz while Oraby was also defeated 5-0 by Azerbaijan\u2019s Murad Allaverdiyev at super-heavyweight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The five African boxers who have so far won their fights are Tiago Muxanga and Alcinda Dos Santos both of Mozambique, Morocco\u2019s Widad Bertal, Zambia\u2019s Patrick Chinyemba and Cape Verde\u2019s David Pina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those yet to fight are Algeria\u2019s flyweight Roumaysa Boualam, Tunisia\u2019s featherweight Khouloud Hlimi, female welterweights Imane Khelif of Algeria, Cape Verde\u2019s Ivanusa Moreira and DR Congo\u2019s Brigitte Mbabi, Egypt\u2019s light-middleweight Omar Elawady and Morocco\u2019s heavyweight Khadija Mardi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Credit: AFBC Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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