IBF/AFRICA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT ON THE LINE AS MASHALI ATTEMPTS TO GRAB THE CROWN

 Francis Cheka (right) and Uensal Arik (left)

FRIDAY 26, 2013 - Dar Es Salaam - Reeling from the recent defeat in the hands of the German strongman Uensal Arik , TEAMFrancis Cheka is back on the drawing board as it attempts to defuse negative impact of the loss in their forthcoming rumble against the man of the people and dreadlock Thomas Mashali. The duo is competing for the “IBF Continental Africa Super Middleweight Title” as optional defense for Cheka.

 

 The tournament slated for 1st May, 2013 (May Day) has elicited a lot of excitements from thousands of boxing stakeholders in Tanzania and the whole of East African region. Thomas Mashali is the East & Central African Middleweight Champion and the biggest crowd puller in the region todate.

 Cheka’s recent defeat was kind of embarrassment as he took the fight as a warm up but alas, things turned bitter as the Germany strongman Uensal Arik sent him reeling to the floor before Thomas Mtua threw out the towel as SOS for the Tanzanian slugger! It was a defeat from “Manna”as this kind of taught Cheka a lesson or two about taking boxing serious as there is nothing as a small fight in boxing.

 Adam Tanaka of Mumask Investment and Gebby Presure LTD, the man of the hour promoting this fight has been working over drive to have all the details finalized. Of the top priority is the arrival of the ring officials (all coming outside Tanzania) who have been summoned to preside over the rumble. This is so because Adam want to avoid complaints from either boxer should the decision goes against their expectations.

"The poster in Kiswahili language tells it all"