David Ssemuju (pictured) lost the semis 4-1 to Algeria’s Younes Nemouchi Advertisement
David Ssemuju, Uganda’s top hope in the African Olympic Qualifiers in
Dakar, Senegal, has lost the semifinal to Algeria’s Younes Nemouchi 4-1
this evening.
Ssemuju, Africa’s top middleweight until yesterday,
was aggressive as usual in all rounds, chasing the bigger, and mobile
Nemouchi but was trailing 18-20 after 2 rounds.
He upped his gear
to win the 3rd but it wasn’t enough to turn the fight around. 4 judges
preferred Nemouchi, against one for Ssemuju.
Now Ssemuju’s last
chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics is in the third-place box-off
against the loser between Cameroon’s Wilfried Ntsengue and DR Congo’s
David Tshama, who fight late nighEarlier, welterweight Emily Nakalema,
the first Ugandan woman to win in Dakar, lost her Olympic ticket to
Africa’s seed 2 Acinda Panguana of Mozambique in a unanimous decision.
Nakalema has no second chance in Dakar.
