Ali too classy for Kaefer

GREAT hand speed and a wealth of experience from Namibia’s welterweight boxer Ali Nuumbembe proved to be a handful for Germany’s Daniel Kaefer, whom he thoroughly tormented and finally dispatched with a technical knock-out in round four at the weekend.

Nuumbembe, current World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African welterweight champion, made his intentions known from the word go as he had the visitor on the ropes in the second and third rounds. Perseverance and a die-hard attitude kept Kaefer in the fight until the fourth round, but his trainer, Uwe ‘Commander’ Schuster, decided to throw in the towel to the surprise of his boxer.The fight was the main bout after exciting seven undercards that drew a big crowd of boxing enthusiasts.Nuumbembe, nicknamed ‘The Silent Assassin’, once again showed that his experience from 23 professional fights ahead of the bout was valuable compared to the 16 fights that Kaefer had garnered in total in his career.Nuumbembe, who is a captain in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), stretched his record to 20 wins, while he has only lost three times with one draw, while it was the fifth loss for the German.The Commonwealth and WBA Pan-African champion started the first round slowly, but raised the tempo in the second round after he realised that Kaefer was trying to close in on him with big body shots.The Namibian completely opened up in the third round and his blistering hand speed saw several punches badly injuring the visitor, who was by then bleeding from his nose.Despite those fierce punches that came his way, Kaefer stood his ground and tried to return a few to Ali who seemed to be more aggressive on the night.Nuumbembe decided to clean up in the fourth round and he did so with clinical but heavy punches that hit the German on his head, while he worked marvellously on the jabs.The fifth round never came as Schuster decided to save his boxer from the endless punishment.In another exciting fight, Namibia’s Sacky ‘Izi-Nyooka’ Shikukutu escaped with a win by unanimous decision over his countryman, Edison ‘Ingozi’ Kandukwa, who fought impressively on his pro debut.Kandukwa had the better of Shikukutu as he managed to effectively contain his much-fancied opponent, while he also made sure to capture more points from at least three of their four rounds.Vikapita ‘Beast Master’ Meroro extended his record to 14 wins from 15 fights after he out-muscled the dirty-fighting Zimbabwean Farai Masiyiwa by unanimous decision in their super-middleweight six-rounder.Masiyiwa, despite his record of 20 wins from 30 fights, degraded his status considerably as he used dirty boxing tricks such as head-butting and holding on to his opponent.Junior lightweight fighter Jatoorora ‘The Sting’ Tjingaveta was also in devastating form when he punished South Africa’s Joseph Modise with a first-round technical knockout, which was aided by his fantastic follow-up abilities when he had the visitor on the back foot.The quick-punching Tyson ‘The Unstoppable’ Uushona managed to go past Modecai Ndonga of Zimbabwe by unanimous decision, but Ndonga gave the Namibian a good run for his money in their six-round welterweight fight.The extravagant but friendly Daniel ‘Open Fire’ Kashela suffered his ninth defeat through a knockout in a welterweight fight against Boitsepo Mandawe of South Africa.Kashela has a record of 14 pro fights and has won eight of them.In two earlier fights which also produced sparks, Peter Malakia won by unanimous decision over Martin Haikali in their lightweight fight, while Gottlieb ‘The Bite’ Ndokosho made a great comeback to beat Matthew Niitembu by unanimous decision in their junior lightweight fight.The event was sponsored by Telecom Namibia to the tune of N$110 000 and was organised by the Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy.Perseverance and a die-hard attitude kept Kaefer in the fight until the fourth round, but his trainer, Uwe ‘Commander’ Schuster, decided to throw in the towel to the surprise of his boxer.The fight was the main bout after exciting seven undercards that drew a big crowd of boxing enthusiasts.Nuumbembe, nicknamed ‘The Silent Assassin’, once again showed that his experience from 23 professional fights ahead of the bout was valuable compared to the 16 fights that Kaefer had garnered in total in his career.Nuumbembe, who is a captain in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), stretched his record to 20 wins, while he has only lost three times with one draw, while it was the fifth loss for the German.The Commonwealth and WBA Pan-African champion started the first round slowly, but raised the tempo in the second round after he realised that Kaefer was trying to close in on him with big body shots.The Namibian completely opened up in the third round and his blistering hand speed saw several punches badly injuring the visitor, who was by then bleeding from his nose.Despite those fierce punches that came his way, Kaefer stood his ground and tried to return a few to Ali who seemed to be more aggressive on the night.Nuumbembe decided to clean up in the fourth round and he did so with clinical but heavy punches that hit the German on his head, while he worked marvellously on the jabs.The fifth round never came as Schuster decided to save his boxer from the endless punishment.In another exciting fight, Namibia’s Sacky ‘Izi-Nyooka’ Shikukutu escaped with a win by unanimous decision over his countryman, Edison ‘Ingozi’ Kandukwa, who fought impressively on his pro debut.Kandukwa had the better of Shikukutu as he managed to effectively contain his much-fancied opponent, while he also made sure to capture more points from at least three of their four rounds.Vikapita ‘Beast Master’ Meroro extended his record to 14 wins from 15 fights after he out-muscled the dirty-fighting Zimbabwean Farai Masiyiwa by unanimous decision in their super-middleweight six-rounder.Masiyiwa, despite his record of 20 wins from 30 fights, degraded his status considerably as he used dirty boxing tricks such as head-butting and holding on to his opponent.Junior lightweight fighter Jatoorora ‘The Sting’ Tjingaveta was also in devastating form when he punished South Africa’s Joseph Modise with a first-round technical knockout, which was aided by his fantastic follow-up abilities when he had the visitor on the back foot.The quick-punching Tyson ‘The Unstoppable’ Uushona managed to go past Modecai Ndonga of Zimbabwe by unanimous decision, but Ndonga gave the Namibian a good run for his money in their six-round welterweight fight.The extravagant but friendly Daniel ‘Open Fire’ Kashela suffered his ninth defeat through a knockout in a welterweight fight against Boitsepo Mandawe of South Africa.Kashela has a record of 14 pro fights and has won eight of them.In two earlier fights which also produced sparks, Peter Malakia won by unanimous decision over Martin Haikali in their lightweight fight, while Gottlieb ‘The Bite’ Ndokosho made a great comeback to beat Matthew Niitembu by unanimous decision in their junior lightweight fight.The event was sponsored by Telecom Namibia to the tune of N$110 000 and was organised by the Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy.