2020 Olympics: Finals for Uganda national boxing team set for Sunday

2020 Olympics: Finals for national boxing team set for Sunday

By Admin

The final trials for slots in the national boxing team that will feature at the 2020 Olympic qualifiers in Senegal have been brought forward to Sunday, January 5, at the MTN Arena in Lugogo.

This was announced by the Uganda Boxing Federation president Moses Muhangi on Thursday as the New Year has started early for the 26 boxers vying for the 13 slots available for Uganda in the Africa Olympic qualifiers set for Dakar, Senegal next month.

Following a directive to all member federations from the Africa Olympics boxing task force to submit their final lists of boxers to represent their countries by January, 6, the Uganda Boxing Federation has changed the dates for the final qualifiers from January 12 to 5 at the MTN Arena in Lugogo as the federation boss Muhangi announced.

“We had expected to have this completion on January 12 but unfortunately we got information requiring us to register the boxers by January, 6. This has forced us to change the date,” Muhangi said.