- Thamsanqa Dube
Thamsanqa Dube is, as of 2006, the heavyweight boxing champion of
Zimbabwe . In November 2003 inBulawayo , Dube beat Arigoma Chiponda with a technical knockout taking the heavyweight national championship belt. [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200611271083.html "Zimbabwe: Chiponda Bounces Back Into Boxing Ring" "The Herald" 24 November 2006, Harare, Zimbabwe] ;] Dube beat Chiponda three more times in the next year. ["Reigning Boxing Champion Dube Beats Chiponda" "Africa News Service" 9 August 2004;] Dube has only lost once in his professional career, and that was by decision in his first match against Chiponda on the day he turned professional. [ [http://www.zimmirror.co.zw/dailymirror/view_news.cfm?storyid=16748&categoryid=11&issueid=602&issuedate=2005-11-05%2009:21:00.0&issue_type=previous Mapuwei, Nyasha (November 2005) "Thamsanqa vows to bring ABU title" "Daily Mirror" 5 November 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe] ;]On New Year's Day 2006, Dube knocked out a Zambian heavyweight, Joseph "Ramos" Phiri, in a 12-round contest at the
Bulawayo Polytechnic College . ["Zim Boxer Refuses to Fight Zambian" "Africa News Service" 20 October 2006;]Notes
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