Ali to hunt for Commonwealth title

NAMIBIAN welterweight pugilist Paulus ‘Ali’ Nuumbembe will fight in a Commonwealth Eliminator on December 18 in the United Kingdom.

Nuumbembe has been eyeing a title for a long time and will get an opportunity when he faces former title holder Joshua Okine from Ghana in a Commonwealth welterweight Eliminator. The winner of the fight will take on Commonwealth welterweight champion Kevin Anderson March 31 next year.Anderson took the title from Okine in September.It will be Nuumebembe’s second title fight but his first international title contest.He lost to countryman Bethuel Uushona for the first-ever Namibian welterweight title in last year.So far Nuumbembe has only lost one fight, drew one and won 13 fights.Okine has won 16 fights with 10 knockouts, lost three and drew one.- NampaThe winner of the fight will take on Commonwealth welterweight champion Kevin Anderson March 31 next year.Anderson took the title from Okine in September.It will be Nuumebembe’s second title fight but his first international title contest.He lost to countryman Bethuel Uushona for the first-ever Namibian welterweight title in last year.So far Nuumbembe has only lost one fight, drew one and won 13 fights.Okine has won 16 fights with 10 knockouts, lost three and drew one.- Nampa