Joseph Marwa (boxer)
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| Full name | Joseph Marwa | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Hungry Lion | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Tanzania | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 15, 1964 Mara Region | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Welterweight, Light-middleweight | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Marwa (born July 15, 1964 in Mara) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). Nicknamed The Hungry Lion he also competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Marwa won a silver medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1991 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Kabary Salem of Egypt.[1] Joseph Marwa is currently situated in Zanzibar, Tanzania and works as the head bouncer of a very well known hotel, Kendwa Rocks in Kendwa.
References
- ^ "5.All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt - September 20 - October 1 1991". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Mara Region
- Tanzanian male boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic boxers of Tanzania
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania
- African Games silver medalists for Tanzania
- African Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games
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