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Mtu Kazi has been suspended from fighting until he undergoes thorough medical tests after featuring in four bouts in 35 days
Tanzania Boxing Commission has barred boxer Karim Mandonga from participating in any competitive fight until he undergoes thorough medical tests.
Health concerns have been raised over Manadoga’s frequent fights having featured in nine bouts in 11 months and is even set to take on Muller Jr in Zanzibar on August 27 in what will be the 10th fight over that period.
Mandonga has featured in four bouts in just 35 days, with three taking place every seven days, which has left the boxing community in awe.
The streak includes two back-to-back losses, with the latest being a technical knockout against Ugandan Moses Golola in Mwanza over one week ago, having lost to Kenya’s Daniel Wanyonyi the previous weekend.
Addressing journalists at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania Boxing Commission secretary general George Lukindo stated that Mandonga had to undergo an MRI test following the TKO against Golola.
"Any boxer who is knocked out (TKO) will be compelled to undergo tests or for a doctor to assess them for any effects from their match," he said.
However, after undergoing the tests, the fighter maintained that he would be ready for the August 27 bout in Zanzibar.
The boxing commission’s concerns come just a week after they defended the boxer, affectionately known as ‘Mtu Kazi’ over his frequent fights.
"There is no problem playing continuously, why are there boxers doing sparring every day? When the boxer himself is fit and the doctor agrees to fight, he plays and there is no problem,” argued the commission’s president Chaurembo Palasa.
The 44-year-old has won six, drawn four and lost three of his fights.
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