AFBC Elite Championships : Competition Gets Tougher

The African Boxing Championship entered the sixth playing day yesterday August 2, 2023 with the quarterfinals bouts at the Yaounde Multipurpose Sports Complex. A total of 24 bouts of the sixth session were on programme with four Cameroonian boxers involved. For a start, Cameroon’s Narcisse Mevoah Melono lost on the 54kg fight to Azoui Imad from Morocco. In the second Cameroonian bout, Jean Junior Messi Elime overpowered Irakoze Rally from Burundi in the 67kg fight through knockout. From the victory, Messi Elime has secured a ticket for the semi-finals. The victory came as a sigh of relief for the Cameroonian fans who had seen one of theirs defeated in the first Cameroonian fight. 
The coach of the national boxing team, Alain Didier Ngatcha said Messi Elime’s victory brought the number of Cameroonian boxers who have qualified for the semi-finals to 11 (seven women and four men). Cameroon began with the eighth finals during which time some boxers were eliminated. These are Tchouta Mbianda Aristide (57kg), Mohammed Oumarou (63kg), Ngon A Ngon (75kg). In the quarterfinals, more boxers were eliminated. They include Akoa (48kg), Nguele Essi Shimen (50kg) and Shibabou Cluadia (60kg). Quarterfinals bouts began on Tuesday August 1, 2023...