Katongole!
Oct 09, 2003
JOLLY Katongole lifted the gloom in the Ugandan camp by giving them an Independence Day gift in the boxing ring yesterday
Wednesday
Boxing
Light welterweight 2nd round
Sadat Tebazalwa bt Hartei Wartey (Ghana) 23-14
Yesterday; Light fly quarters
Jolly Katongole bt Baluti Mutuale (Congo)
Softball
Uganda 23 Ivory Coast 0
Today
Boxing; Quarterfinals
Tebazalwa v Gawaga (Sud)
Tomorrow; Semifinals
Katongole v Ecepeth (Eth)
Softball
Uganda v Zimbabwe
JOLLY Katongole lifted the gloom in the Ugandan camp by giving them an Independence Day gift in the boxing ring yesterday.
The 18-year-old ensured the country would not fail to return with a boxing medal by stopping Congo’s Baluti Mutuale in three rounds to make the semifinals.
He will tomorrow fight to determine the colour of the medal he brings back home.
Mutuale threw in the towel a minute and 12 seconds into the third round as Katongole looked destined for a knockout.
The Ugandan southpaw dominated the contest from the first bell, scoring at will with his right jab which the Congolese failed to counter.
“He was no match and it is good he retired otherwise I was going to kill him,†said Katongole, a student at Kampala Citizen.
Katongole takes on Ethiopian ‘EE’ Endeikachen Ecepeth in what will be a repeat of their Africa Zone V contest in Addis Ababa where the Ugandan came out second best.
“We have watched him fight and all we have to do is not get into a brawl but try to score from far,†said coach Dick Katende.
After the failure of the more experienced fighters Joseph Lubega, Attanus Mugerwa, Martin Mubiru, Edward Akora and Joseph Lubega, its left to two of the youngest members of the team to save Uganda’s boxing face.
Stylish Sadat Tebazalwa, the other fighter still standing, gave Uganda an early Uhuru gift Wednesday night with a convincing 23-14 points win over Hartei Wartey at the Congess Hall.
Tebazalwa, the most gifted on the team, is one of those teenagers who take seriously every word their father tells them.
“My dad (referee Saidi Tebazalwa) told me not to go back to Kampala without a medal, so I had that in mind,†said the Kololo High School star soon after battering stout Ghanaian Wartey.
The Ghanaian had come looking for a knockout, but after taking the first round, Tebazalwa stole the show with a convincing display in the next rounds.
He avoided the Ghanaian’s heavy punches by dancing round the ring, then hitting him with a combination of punches.
Tebazalwa also benefited from better ring boots the Ugandans borrowed from their Sierra Leone colleagues. The west Africans also borrowed Uganda’s shorts.
The boots the Ugandans travelled with had lost their grip, leaving them battling to survive and also trying to avoid sliding in the ring.
Tebazalwa takes on Sudanese brawler Filip Gawaga.
In softball, the Ugandan girls recovered from defeats by Nigeria and South Africa to hammer Ivory Coast 23-0 yesterday.
Boxing
Light welterweight 2nd round
Sadat Tebazalwa bt Hartei Wartey (Ghana) 23-14
Yesterday; Light fly quarters
Jolly Katongole bt Baluti Mutuale (Congo)
Softball
Uganda 23 Ivory Coast 0
Today
Boxing; Quarterfinals
Tebazalwa v Gawaga (Sud)
Tomorrow; Semifinals
Katongole v Ecepeth (Eth)
Softball
Uganda v Zimbabwe
JOLLY Katongole lifted the gloom in the Ugandan camp by giving them an Independence Day gift in the boxing ring yesterday.
The 18-year-old ensured the country would not fail to return with a boxing medal by stopping Congo’s Baluti Mutuale in three rounds to make the semifinals.
He will tomorrow fight to determine the colour of the medal he brings back home.
Mutuale threw in the towel a minute and 12 seconds into the third round as Katongole looked destined for a knockout.
The Ugandan southpaw dominated the contest from the first bell, scoring at will with his right jab which the Congolese failed to counter.
“He was no match and it is good he retired otherwise I was going to kill him,†said Katongole, a student at Kampala Citizen.
Katongole takes on Ethiopian ‘EE’ Endeikachen Ecepeth in what will be a repeat of their Africa Zone V contest in Addis Ababa where the Ugandan came out second best.
“We have watched him fight and all we have to do is not get into a brawl but try to score from far,†said coach Dick Katende.
After the failure of the more experienced fighters Joseph Lubega, Attanus Mugerwa, Martin Mubiru, Edward Akora and Joseph Lubega, its left to two of the youngest members of the team to save Uganda’s boxing face.
Stylish Sadat Tebazalwa, the other fighter still standing, gave Uganda an early Uhuru gift Wednesday night with a convincing 23-14 points win over Hartei Wartey at the Congess Hall.
Tebazalwa, the most gifted on the team, is one of those teenagers who take seriously every word their father tells them.
“My dad (referee Saidi Tebazalwa) told me not to go back to Kampala without a medal, so I had that in mind,†said the Kololo High School star soon after battering stout Ghanaian Wartey.
The Ghanaian had come looking for a knockout, but after taking the first round, Tebazalwa stole the show with a convincing display in the next rounds.
He avoided the Ghanaian’s heavy punches by dancing round the ring, then hitting him with a combination of punches.
Tebazalwa also benefited from better ring boots the Ugandans borrowed from their Sierra Leone colleagues. The west Africans also borrowed Uganda’s shorts.
The boots the Ugandans travelled with had lost their grip, leaving them battling to survive and also trying to avoid sliding in the ring.
Tebazalwa takes on Sudanese brawler Filip Gawaga.
In softball, the Ugandan girls recovered from defeats by Nigeria and South Africa to hammer Ivory Coast 23-0 yesterday.