Shadir Musa Bwogi

Shadir Musa Bwogi (born 28 October 1996) is a Ugandan boxer and current captain of the Bombers, Uganda's national boxing team.[1] He competes in the welterweight division and is a southpaw.[2]

Shadir Musa Bwogi
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NationalityUgandan
Born (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996
Naguru, Kampala, Uganda
StanceSouthpaw

Background and Education

Bwogi was born in Naguru to Musa Kimera,a former boxer and Jamirah Mbabazi Ayikoru.[3]

Boxing career

Bwogi stated that he started boxing in 2009 when he joined East Coast Boxing Club under his father's guidance where he trained under Hassan Waswa Kalili and Hussain Kato Kalili.[3][4] His maiden national team appearance was in 2014 in the light welterweight division, where he represented Uganda in Tanzania's Nyerere Cup.[3]

Bwogi has since represented Uganda at 2017 African Championships in Congo-Brazzaville where he lost in the preliminaries to Namibia’s Jonas Junias.[5] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia he defeated Merven Clair of Mauritius to qualify for the mens 69 kg quarter finals and then lost to England's Pat McCormack.[6][7] He was part of the Ugandan squad at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco where he was defeated by Zimbabwe's Silungwe Nkungu.[8][9]

Locally, he belongs to and represents Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) Boxing Club and is coached by Vincent Byarugaba, a former national coach.[4] Bwogi is also the winner of the inaugural edition of the Shadow Boxing Challenge organized by Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF).[10]

Qualification for olympics

In February 2020, Bwogi qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics after defeating Ghana’s Jesse Lartey in the welterweight box-off on the last day of the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament that were held in Diamniadio, Senegal.

See also

References
  1. Isabirye, David (14 February 2020). "Minister Obua urges Ugandan boxers to fight for the available Olympics slots". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. "Money woes: Bombers uncertain as last Olympics window draws". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Who is Shadir Musa Bwogi; Bombers Captain who bagged Uganda's Tokyo 2020 Olympics slot?". Watchdog Uganda. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. Bakama, James (18 March 2020). "BIG INTERVIEW: Shadir Bwogi eyeing glory at Olympics". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "Captain Shadir faces African silver medallist". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. "Boxing | Athlete Profile: Musa BWOGI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. www.newvision.co.ug https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1475137/commonwealth-games-victory-ugandan-boxer-simbwa. Retrieved 25 August 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Boxing: UBF names squad for All African games". PML Daily. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. "Uganda's All Africa games campaign suffers boxing setback - Sports | NTV". www.ntv.co.ug. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. Isabirye, David (2 July 2020). "Bwogi wins inaugural UBF Shadow Boxing Challenge". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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