Boxing, On The Upward Trend

The Olympic and Commonwealth Games have brought fame and glory to the country

Landing a blow on an adversary may be considered as violence. But sometimes it has no intention of violence at all. It is rather sport. This sport is known as boxing. Boxing is a combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring. Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport and is a common fixture in most international games. It also has its own World Championships. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds. The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges' scorecards at the end of the contest.
Boxing is one of the oldest sports disciplines in the country. Cameroon made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Games in Tokyo with boxing. Joseph Bessala won the country’s first medal, a silver, in welterweight boxing, at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. In 1984 in Los Angeles, Ndongo Ebanga won bronze for Cameroon in boxing. At the 19th AFBC African Confederation Boxing Championships in the in Brazzaville, Congo, Cameroon won a first continental title in the Women’s competition. Out of the 25 countries that participated Cameroon emerged as champions winning nine medals- six gold, two silver and one bronze. That was the first victory for Cameroon in the African competition. Five boxers, Christelle Aurore Ndiang (75kg),  Yannicke Azangue Aubiege (69kg), Wilfried Dieudonné Séyi (75kg), Arsene Fokou Fosso (+91kg) and Ulrich Yomo (+81kg) will represent Cameroon at the World Championships in Hambourg Germany next month. The competition will qualify athletes for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
As far as the sport is concerned Cameroonian boxers continue to lift the flag of the country high in the international scene. They are Hassam Ndam, Netsing Takam, Seyi Tchinda and Ismael Mahamad, among others.

Bertrand Magloire Mendouga: «Le travail a repris»

Président de la Fédération camerounaise de boxe

Comment le Cameroun est-il devenu champion d’Afrique avec un record de médailles battu devant des ténors de la discipline en Afrique ? 

Le Cameroun vient de remporter haut la main le championnat d'Afrique de boxe qui s'est tenu à Brazzaville du 15 au 26 juin dernier en remportant 6 médailles d'or, 2 en argent et une en bronze. Ce résultat est le fruit d'un travail commencé depuis pas mal de temps avec certains athlètes. Mais également d'un changement total du discours fédéral à l’endroit des athlètes qui, aujourd'hui est le suivant : «Je suis fatigué d'accompagner les boxeurs en compétition et voir les autres gagner les plus belles récompenses.....