AFTER missing out a chance to claim the WBF Intercontinental Championship, Tanzanian pugilist Twaha Kiduku apologised to Tanzanians for not living up to their expectations.
The country’s number one ranked boxer surrendered the title to Asemahle Wellen of South Africa who won through unanimous decision after a heated 12-round bout.
It was an enjoyable night for boxing fraternity who congregated at Malaika Beach Resort in Mwanza to witness the high profile match though the championship crossed the boundaries.
“To be honest, my opponent was professionally much better than me…he is a good fighter and I was not good enough. Today, I am sorry for letting down my fellow Tanzanians,” Kiduku said after the defeat.
He added that together with his team, they will sit down to see what went wrong in order to be superior next time.
Moreover, he said lack of video clips of his opponent was another contributing factor to his defeat as he barely knew about him.
On his part, Wellen said they already studied him (Kiduku) through his posted YouTube videos hence it was easy to fight against him.
“We already knew him well before coming here, of course, I only have one video on YouTube but other boxers fail to understand me because I am brave enough,” said the new WBF Intercontinental Champion.
He also admitted that Kiduku is too a good fighter and that he gave him a tough game on the day.
It was Wellen’s seventh professional bout of which he has managed to win all and he is yet to suffer defeat and so far, he has managed three knockouts (KO) in his professional career.
Earlier, another Tanzanian pugilist Karim Mandonga suffered a third round Technical Knockout defeat from Ugandan Moses Golola.
Mandonga was grounded few seconds into the third round after receiving a heavy punch from Golola forcing the referee to end the match prematurely.
After the bout, Mandonga conceded the nosedive saying it was not his day while insisting that though he was outclassed, his opponent had difficult time too.