Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Koroma Wins GBU Title By DQ in Zambia!

Congratulations to Kay Koroma of Alexandria, VA. The undefeated junior welterweight captured the Global Boxing Union Junior Welterweight title by a third-round disqualification over John Chibuta of Zambia on October 4 in Lusaka, Zambia.

No word on how the disqualification took place. Koroma is now 5-0, three KO's. Chibuta is now 8-3, one KO.

This note is not Beltway-related but it is an interesting story. On this card was a female boxer named Esther Phiri who is a national heroine in Zambia. She won a GBU super featherweight title on this card with a fifth-round TKO victory over Hondi Hernandez. Phiri is 9-3-1, three KO's. One of those wins came against well-known boxer Belinda Laracuente.

I mentioned this because there is a great story on ESPN.com about her. Apparently she either has been or will be featured on ESPN's Outside The Lines program. It does show a very positive side of boxing and what the sport can mean for people.
This is a great read and the accompanying video is also fascinating.

3 comments:

Linda "Great Shot" Siadys said...

CONGRATS KAY!!! Stay on top and hope we are blessed to see you fight inside the RED/WHITE BLUE stars/stripes & ropes where you rightfully should!

Cool, Gary, going to check the ESPN Story Now.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations brother. I admire you dedication & love for the game. Keep the faith. You'll get what's rightfully yours in the end.

Mike Sawyer

Anonymous said...

Congrats Kay, ABC is proud!