WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) international welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi will defend his title against an unnamed American boxer in November.
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Manyuchi, an African Boxing Union (ABU) and Zimbabwe welterweight champion beat Ghana’s Patrick Allottey at Lusaka Government Complex in Zambia in March to win the international title.
Manyuchi’s Zambian manager Chris Malunga from Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions spoke to Southern Eye Sport yesterday.
“Manyuchi is expected to defend his title against an American boxer on November 22,” he said.
“I cannot say who the boxer is now because we have not signed a contract. We will be in a position to say more when the contract has been signed.
“However, Manyuchi will fight a non-title bout outside Lusaka (Zambia) in the next two months. This will be part of the preparations.”
In an earlier interview Manyuchi said: “I still have enough time to prepare for the fight. I need to work hard. For now I am training on my own. I know that if I train very hard and believe I will make it.”
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Manyuchi won the ABU welterweight title in June last year when he knocked Burkina Faso champion Patrice Sou Toké out to claim the continental title in the fifth round of the 12-round bout.
He successfully defended the ABU welterweight title against Ghana’s Isaac Sowah in Lusaka, Zambia, in September last year.
After winning the WBC belt Manyuchi said he had set sights on defending the title and then facing five-division world champion, American Floyd Mayweather.
“From here I want to defend the belt and then go for the main one held by Floyd Mayweather,” Manyuchi said then.
