Nationwide Trials to go Forward as Deliberate, confirms UBF Interim Committee chairman Rukundo
Denis Musanje
The Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) Interim Committee led by Olympian Sam Rukundo has confirmed that the Nationwide Trials scheduled for this month will go forward as earlier communicated.
Whereas addressing the media at Grand Plaza Lodge in Kampala, Rukundo revealed that they’re but to obtain any communication from the Nationwide Council of Sports activities (NCS) stopping them from finishing up any boxing exercise.
“We’re nonetheless in control of newbie boxing and we’re but to obtain any communication from the Nationwide Council of Sports activities concerning suspension of our occasion. The occasion will go on as earlier communicated and several other boxers are prepared to participate within the trials as a result of start this Friday,” mentioned Rukundo.
On Tuesday, a doc from NCS dated fifteenth September acknowledged that the nationwide sports activities governing physique was involved with the style wherein some unscrupulous individuals have been organizing boxing occasions with out clearance from the respective Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF).
“We’ve written a number of letters to the Nationwide Council of Sports activities and we all know them for calling press conferences in case of any matter concerning sports activities. What we’re doing isn’t just for our personal profit however for the great of boxing,” Rukundo added.
Rukundo additionally asserted that over 100 boxers had already registered for the trials scheduled for September nineteenth to twenty first.
After the trials, the ultimate chosen crew will symbolize the nation on the IBA Africa Elite Males’s and Ladies’s Boxing Championship, slated for October nineteenth to November 1st, 2026, within the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kinshasa is about to grow to be the motion centre of continental boxing as soon as once more, taking part in host to the celebrated championship on the Stade des Martyrs Health club.
Zambia, Cape Verde, Kenya, South Africa and Morocco are among the many nations which have confirmed participation within the prestigious match.
