The African Boxing Union (ABU) held its 2024 Convention at the Africana Hotel in the beautiful city of Kampala, Uganda, also known as the Pearl of Africa.
It was a resounding success, with more than 90 delegates and ring officials from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe participating.
The seminar for referees and judges was conducted by WBC international ring official Guido Cavalleri from Italy, who did a great job covering important topics such as the code of ethics, functions of judges, correct use of bandages on boxers, the work of referees, procedures to carry out a better performance, round review, among others.
The Convention ended with a professional boxing card where the ABU super middleweight championship was contested between John Serunjogi from Uganda and Ahmed Boloshy from Egypt, but resident in Dubai.
Before the main event, a minute of silence was observed in memory of Mrs. Martha Saldivar, mother of Mauricio Sulaimán.
The fight was competitive, but Serunjogi won by technical knockout in the eighth round in front of many spectators, including the Honorable Colonel Emmy Katabazi, deputy director general of internal security in the office of the President of Uganda and the Mayor of Kampala, Saad Salim Uhuru.
Within the activities of the Convention, a visit was made to children of limited resources, within the ABU Cares activity, distributing shirts and gifts to the little champions.
Seeing the faces of these children when receiving the gifts was an immense joy that moved all present.
