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Legendary boxing guru dies

Contributed by NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – Legendary boxing guru and Ongwediva resident, Hiskia Shigwedha, 65, died on Wednesday in the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital after a long illness.
His son, Sylvanus Shigwedha, confirmed the death in an interview with Nampa on Friday.
Shigwedha started his boxing career in 1977 at Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region under the late Abiud Kanambunga’s coaching, training alongside other legendary boxers such as Noah Tjombonde, Harry Simon and Jaysen Petrus.
Shigwedha, ...

 

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