Ali Nuumbembe : news

SILENT ASSASSIN

Sporting Life

Ali lost his Commonwealth welterweight title to Mancunian southpaw Craig Watson on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Robin Park in Wigan.

Ali lost on a very bad cut caused by a head butt. His trainer, Bob Shannon, could not stop the bleeding so the referee had to stop the fight in round 9.

Watson cuts down Nuumbembe - Sporting Life
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Nuumbembe loses to Watson in bloody battle - Terry Dooley on britishboxing.net

Ali beat Ukrainian Vladimir Borovski on points at the Robin Park Sports Centre in Wigan on Friday, July 6, 2007. Details here.

The event was shown live on Sky.

"As the mammoth bill wound-down Ali Nuumbembe, 10st 12lb 4oz, kept his tools sharp by beating Vladimer Borovski, 11st 1lb 8oz, on points over six three-minute rounds.

In truth it was a carbon copy of their fight in September 2006 as Ali hit Borovski frequently without ever looking like tucking him away.

Borovski almost plants himself into the canvas so it was left to Ali to circle him whilst landing with left hooks to the body and head; right hands to the body, one-twos and variations on various combinations went in also.

Between rounds Bob Shannon asked what Ali had to do to KO Borovski and Ali did have a sense of urgency throughout but he was unable to put the Ukrainian tough man away.

Borovski did open-up a little in fourth round; left hooks caught Nuumbembe, only for Ali to double on the one-two and then land a double-jab and right hand.

Ali peppered Vladimer in the final round to send his fans home happy and, once again, send Borovski home sore."

- Terence Dooley on britishboxing.net

"Nuumbembe would relish bout with Matthew Hatton"

- Craig Phillips on secondsout-com

Getting to know... Ali Nuumbembe

- James Howard on britishboxing.net

Ali Nuumbembe becameCommonwealth Welterweight Champion by defeating Scotsman Kevin Anderson in Kirkcaldy on February 16, 2007.

"The atmosphere is tense at the Kirkcaldy Ice Arena while the crowd awaits the result. Announcer John MacDonald congratulates both boxers then declares that there is a split decision.

"The scores are then read as follows: 116-115 for Nuumbembe, 115-114 for Anderson and then 116-112 for Nuumbembe.

"Ali Nuumbembe wins by split decision and is crowned the new Commonwealth Welterweight Champion, the first ever to to come out of Namibia. The 'Silent Assassin' climbs to 17-2-1 (6), while Kevin Anderson suffers his first loss and drops to 18-1 (11).

"Afterward, a delighted Nuumbembe said 'I’m so happy…this fight meant a lot to me…I was going to go home, but now I’m going to stay'.

"Frank Maloney said of Nuumbembe’s next opponent: 'We want Matthew Hatton, that’s the fight we want, so we’ll be phoning you on Monday, Matthew!'"

- Jane Warburton, saddoboxing.com