Oct 22: World Champion Khadija Mardi on course for third gold medal

“I was just too strong for my opponent”, says lovely Khadija Mardi.

Reigning world heavyweight champion, Khadija Mardi of Morocco (pictured), had no time to waste with DR Congo’s Sila Tshimwanga whom she stopped in the first round of their heavyweight semi-final clash.

The towering Moroccan staggered Tshimwanga with a thundering right punch on her face forcing the referee to stop the fight.

“I’m happy I’m in the final and looking forward to my third gold medal in the Africa Championships,” Mardi told me in an interview in the dressing room.

Mardi, the face of women’s boxing in Africa, meets Cameroon’s bronze medallist in last year’s Africa Championships in Yaounde Bernadette Keuye in the finals.

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🇨🇩 African Elite Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships, Kinshasa, DR Congo, October 19-26, 2024