Lukanga boxing club wins revived boxing league

Apr 01, 2017

Nine clubs participated in the event that was last held 20 years ago.

Senior Category:

Lukanga Boxing Club 138
KCCA Boxing Club 113
Police and UPDF 80 each
COBAP 80
KBC 42
Katwe 36
East Coast 25
Kavuma 11

Youths Category:

Lukanga BC 30
COBAP 29
Kavuma 15
East Coast 5
Katwe 5

The 2016 national boxing league has come to the end with Lukanga boxing club winning both the seniors' tittle with 138 points and youth tittle with 30 points.

Nine clubs participated in the event that was last held 20 years ago. 

KCCA followed with 113 and Police tying with UPDF at 80 points each.

Galiwango the technical director at the National Council of Sports (NCS) has said that determination is the best solution and promised that there is enough money in the treasury to take all qualified athletes into the commonwealth games in Australia.

"All athletes who will meet the standards have a chance to represent the country in the Commonwealth Games. The minister of sports Janet Kataha Museveni has assured us. The league is the best way of having the boxers continuously competing and we think Uganda will have a formidable team," noted Galiwango.

 

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