Joseph Marwa

Joseph Marwa
Personal information
Full name Joseph Marwa
Nickname(s) The Hungry Lion
Nationality  Tanzania
Born (1964-07-15) 15 July 1964
Mara Region
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Welterweight, Light-middleweight

Joseph Marwa (born 15 July 1964 in Mara) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). Nicknamed The Hungry Lion he also competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Marwa won a silver medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1991 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Salem Karim Kabbary of Egypt.[1] Joseph Marwa is currently situated in Zanzibar, Tanzania and works as the head bouncer of a very well known hotel, Kendra Rocks.

References

  1. "5.All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt - September 20 - October 1 1991". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
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