Adyak finds match, blown from seniors
Jan 06, 2005
FIGHT fans gasped in surprise as little known Mohammed Kabogoza knocked out national star Phillip Adyak in the Seniors Boxing Championship semi-finals yesterday.
By James Bakama
and Samson Opus
FIGHT fans gasped in surprise as little known Mohammed Kabogoza knocked out national star Phillip Adyak in the Seniors Boxing Championship semi-finals yesterday.
Adyak, eager to silence the flashy Kabogoza who had stolen the hearts of many, rushed into a right uppercut that sent him flat at Lugogo.
The UPDF fighter, who couldn’t hold back tears after the upset, got a taste of what he served Mengo’s Joseph Kagame Monday.
The knockout was yet another fruit of the efforts of ex-international Hussein Khalil who recently established the Naguru East Coast club.
Flyweight defending champion Martin Mubiru was stretched to the limit by Sula Katumba in a five round thriller.
But the split points decision did not go down well with UPDF who felt that victory should have been for their fighter Katumba. Semi-finals end today and the finals are on Sunday after the UABF assembly.
Results: Welter- Ssemakula (Mengo) bt Ssentongo (KBC) pts, Ntege (Scorpions) bt Waizaka (UPDF) rsc3. L/F-Serunjogi (Kololo) bt Magala (Lukanga) pts, Kabogoza (E. Coast) bt Adyak (UPDF) ko 2. Fly-Iga (KBC) bt Senoga (Nakivubo), Mubiru (Lukanga) bt Katumba (UPDF) pts. Bantam- Seguya (Kololo) bt Sengendo (UPDF) pts, M. Mugerwa (KBC) bt M. Sebi (E. Coast) rsc2. Feather- B. Batambuze (UPDF) bt R. Zakariya (E. Coast) rsc4.
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and Samson Opus
FIGHT fans gasped in surprise as little known Mohammed Kabogoza knocked out national star Phillip Adyak in the Seniors Boxing Championship semi-finals yesterday.
Adyak, eager to silence the flashy Kabogoza who had stolen the hearts of many, rushed into a right uppercut that sent him flat at Lugogo.
The UPDF fighter, who couldn’t hold back tears after the upset, got a taste of what he served Mengo’s Joseph Kagame Monday.
The knockout was yet another fruit of the efforts of ex-international Hussein Khalil who recently established the Naguru East Coast club.
Flyweight defending champion Martin Mubiru was stretched to the limit by Sula Katumba in a five round thriller.
But the split points decision did not go down well with UPDF who felt that victory should have been for their fighter Katumba. Semi-finals end today and the finals are on Sunday after the UABF assembly.
Results: Welter- Ssemakula (Mengo) bt Ssentongo (KBC) pts, Ntege (Scorpions) bt Waizaka (UPDF) rsc3. L/F-Serunjogi (Kololo) bt Magala (Lukanga) pts, Kabogoza (E. Coast) bt Adyak (UPDF) ko 2. Fly-Iga (KBC) bt Senoga (Nakivubo), Mubiru (Lukanga) bt Katumba (UPDF) pts. Bantam- Seguya (Kololo) bt Sengendo (UPDF) pts, M. Mugerwa (KBC) bt M. Sebi (E. Coast) rsc2. Feather- B. Batambuze (UPDF) bt R. Zakariya (E. Coast) rsc4.
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