Ali Nuumbembe to take on Ukrainian in pro fight

NAMIBIAN boxer Paulus ‘Ali’ Nuumbembe will step into the ring in Machester tonight against a Ukrainian pugilist.

Nuumbembe, who has been rated seventh best out of 73 welterweight boxers in the United Kingdom, will take on Vladimir Borovski, who is also a top-10 fighter. The two will take each other on over eight rounds of three minutes each in the professional bout.The Namibian has had 11 victories, one loss and one draw since he turned professional in 2003.Borovski has a record of 27 fights with 16 wins of which nine were knockouts, 10 defeats and one draw.According to Nuumbembe’s website, the Namibian boxer needs to show that his brilliant performance last time was not a fluke and that he is a great fighter that the people of Namibia can believe in.Nuumbembe drew with British number one welterweight boxer David Barnes on April 22.The two were vying for the vacant World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Intercontinental title.Meanwhile, Nuumbembe is targeting an all-African fight with Commonwealth champion Joshua Okine of Ghana later this year.The Namibian wants to face Okine after he (Okine) stopped British champion David Barnes on the under card of the Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu fight.Nuumbembe was quoted in the Tameside Advertiser as saying: “The belt is all I am after, and to be honest I do not really care who I fight.”- NampaThe two will take each other on over eight rounds of three minutes each in the professional bout.The Namibian has had 11 victories, one loss and one draw since he turned professional in 2003.Borovski has a record of 27 fights with 16 wins of which nine were knockouts, 10 defeats and one draw.According to Nuumbembe’s website, the Namibian boxer needs to show that his brilliant performance last time was not a fluke and that he is a great fighter that the people of Namibia can believe in.Nuumbembe drew with British number one welterweight boxer David Barnes on April 22.The two were vying for the vacant World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Intercontinental title.Meanwhile, Nuumbembe is targeting an all-African fight with Commonwealth champion Joshua Okine of Ghana later this year.The Namibian wants to face Okine after he (Okine) stopped British champion David Barnes on the under card of the Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu fight.Nuumbembe was quoted in the Tameside Advertiser as saying: “The belt is all I am after, and to be honest I do not really care who I fight.”- Nampa