By Benedicto Maguda

Blantyre, October 25, Mana: Malawi Kickboxing Championship (MAKBA) will host the 2024 National Kick-boxing Championship on November 3, 2024 from 10 am at China Complex in Zomba District.

In an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Friday, Secretary General for MAKBA, Bright Limani said preparations are underway for the competition which will be used to select national team athletes who will participate in the African Kick-boxing Champions to take place in South Africa in December this year.

“Our main aim for this competition is select those who will make it into the national team, winners on the day will be included to play in South Africa this December,” he said.

Limani said on the day, they expect to have 11 clubs from different parts of the country where the main event will be a fight between Yamikani Matembeka and Yohane Edward who will be competing for a heavy weight belt.

A kick-boxer from Ndirande Township in Blantyre, Jimmy Katsoka who is expected to take part in the competition said his preparation is at advanced stage.

“I want to confirm that I will take part, my preparation so far is good and I want to teach these young ones how to do kick-boxing on the day. What I want is to do better so that I can be one of those to be included in the national team which will participate in South Africa this December,” he said.

Katsoka called upon sports lovers to come with their families to watch the kick-boxing on the day and give them support.

In 2022, Malawi kick-boxing team took part in the African Kick-boxing Champions in South Africa and came back with seven medals. 55 kick-boxing athletes are expected to take part on the day, out of whom, one is female.

Meanwhile, Malawi National Council of Sports has pumped in K2.5 million in preparation for the 2024 National Kick-boxing competition.