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Only a week after losing to Kenya Daniel Wanyonyi in a rematch at Sarit Expo Centre in Westlands, Nairobi, Tanzanian boxer Karim “Mtu Kazi” Mandonga suffered a further heartbreak when he was beaten by Moses Golola of Uganda Earlier, another Tanzanian pugilist Karim Mandonga suffered a third-round Technical Knockout defeat from Ugandan Moses Golola at Malaiak Beach Resort in Mwanza.

The fight which was held last weekend saw Mandonga being grounded a 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 a difficult time too.

All in all, Tanzanian boxers had a bad day in office as the country’s other pugilist Twaha Kiduku was outpointed by Asemahle Welklen of South Africa on the unanimous decision after a heated 12-round bout. After the loss, Kiduku apologized to Tanzanians for not living up to their expectations.

“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 the 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 which he has managed to win and he is yet to suffer defeat so far, he has managed three knockouts (KO) in his professional career.