Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:41:46 +0000 By SPORTS REPORTER THE Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) is ready to assist the current Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) executive committee revamp amateur boxing in Zambia. OYDC director Clement Chileshe said the centre was looking forward to helping the newly elected ZBF president Kennedy Mubita and his team in producing medal-focused athletes. In a statement to the Daily Nation by OYDC communications officer Noah Silomba, Chileshe congratulated Mubita for winning the ZBF chief post. “I am hopeful that the new executive will work strategically to uplift the boxing standards adding that the Centre is looking forward to seeing more young talented boxers qualifying and hopefully bring the country’s second Olympic boxing medal after the 1984 Keith Mwila bronze,” he said. He noted that facilities for boxing at the OYDC had not been utilized well by ZBF. “We had good discussions with the former ZBF president and AIBA […]
