The Sunday Mail
WHEREAS it has taken almost an entire lifetime for some to realise their dreams; for this rising boxing star, from Mbare’s Daniel Street, it took just over 18 minutes.
They don’t call him the boxing “Chairman” for nothing.
The 29-year-old Tinashe Madziwana is boxing’s man of the moment and is now the proud owner of a Toyota Hiace mini-bus after he beat Malawian boxer Robert Kachidza with a sixth round knockout in an international super bantamweight bout at Stodart Hall in Mbare last week.
Madziwana’s fight was the main attraction at the “King of the Ghetto” fight night hosted by Clyde Musonda’s Delta Force Academy.
The Mbare-bred pugilist, who is now eyeing the World Boxing Federation title, also got $2 000 cash courtesy of boxing sponsors Gypsite Electrical and Civil Contractors, the same company that gave him the mini-bus. “Even the young ones in Mbare are happy, they are always waving at me each time I drive through.
“Hanzi wasimudza Mbare,” revelled Madziwana. “It’s like a dream owning this car, I feel like I will wake up from this dream. What I can promise is more work and more work.”
His handlers, Delta Force Academy, want Madziwana to fight another opponent, preferably on January 26 during the Kalakoda Pan African Boxing Night at the Harare International Conference Centre, before going for the World Boxing Federation bantamweight title.
“Titi (Madziwana) is an exciting boxer whose style has charmed many but we need to manage him properly.
“We are looking at one more fight before we go for a continental title.
“I am proud of the boy and I know he can do it,” boasted Musonda of Delta Force Academy. Clemence Zingoni of Gypsite Electrical and Civil Contractors pledged more support for the boxer whom many believe can be the next Charles Manyuchi, the former World Boxing Council silver welterweight champion.
“The boy has got talent, his boxing is exciting and I am sure everyone who was in Mbare last weekend can testify.
“As Gypsite Electrical and Civil Contractors, we will continue to support boxing. What Madziwana has done motivates other ghetto youths.
“Budding boxers now know one’s life can change with a single fight,” said Zingoni.
