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Joseph Marwa (boxer)

Joseph Marwa
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Marwa
NicknameThe Hungry Lion
Nationality Tanzania
Born (1964-07-15) 15 July 1964 (age 60)
Musoma, Tanzania
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight, Light-middleweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Tanzania
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 1991 Cairo Light-middleweight

Joseph Marwa (born 15 July 1964 in Musoma) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). Nicknamed The Hungry Lion he also competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Marwa won a silver medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1991 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Kabary Salem of Egypt.[1] Joseph Marwa is currently situated in Zanzibar, Tanzania and works as the head bouncer of a very well known hotel, Kendwa Rocks in Kendwa.

References

  1. ^ "5.All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt - September 20 - October 1 1991". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-27.


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