{"id":818,"date":"2024-02-15T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/wanyonyi-to-headline-waba-bout-against-americas-kamron\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:04:19","slug":"wanyonyi-to-headline-waba-bout-against-americas-kamron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wanyonyi-to-headline-waba-bout-against-americas-kamron\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanyonyi to headline WABA bout against America\u2019s Kamron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kenya\u2019s super middleweight champion Daniel Wanyonyi is poised to face USA\u2019s Kamron Humphrey in an eight-round World Alliance Boxing Association [WABA] fight, scheduled for March 16th at Kinoru Stadium, Meru County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a duel dubbed \u2018Shujaa Wa Mashujaa\u2019, Wanyonyi will be looking to replicate the performance against Tanzania\u2019s Karim Madonga, where all the judges scored the match in his favor, earning him a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Wanyonyi, who has a massive following among boxing fans around the country, will be hoping the support and home advantage plays into his favor.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Lee McAllister of the United Kingdom will also grace the tournament as the former International Boxing Organization light-welterweight champion takes on Amos Mwamkula of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The fights are meant to act as a charity tournament to raise funds for the Greenland School for girls in Meru, which is offering teenage mothers a second chance in education.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Professional Boxing Commission president Reuben Ndolo is expected to grace the event, with reports that the next boxing championships will be staged at Malindi, for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fight card <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exhibition: Chris Byrd [US] vs Harry Simon [Namibia]<br \/>\nWABA Title: Lee McAllister [UK] vs Amos Mwamkula [TZ]<br \/>\nWABA Title: Daniel Wanyonyi [Kenya] vs Kamron Humphrey [US]<br \/>\nNon-Title: Harry Simon Junior [Namibia] vs Paul Peers [UK]<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s WABA Title: Charity Mukami [Kenya] vs Leila Macho [Tanzania]<br \/>\nNational Title: Martin Achebi [Kenya] vs John Oloo<br \/>\nNon-Title: Taiwo Abolafi [US] vs Kamala Ntege [US]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/wanyonyi-to-headline-waba-bout-against-americas-kamron\/\">Wanyonyi to headline WABA bout against America\u2019s Kamron<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s super middleweight champion Daniel Wanyonyi is poised to face USA\u2019s Kamron Humphrey in an eight-round World Alliance Boxing Association [WABA] fight, scheduled for March 16th at Kinoru Stadium, Meru County. In a duel dubbed \u2018Shujaa Wa Mashujaa\u2019, Wanyonyi will be looking to replicate the performance against Tanzania\u2019s Karim Madonga, where all the judges scored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}