Tanzanian boys dream to break boxing ceiling
STORY: Tanzanian boys dream to break boxing ceiling
DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2022
LENGTH: 0:03:06
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
CATEGORY: SPORTS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Dar es Salaam
2. various of young boxers training
3. various of people watching boys training
4. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili): BAKARI MAGONA, Boxing coach
STORYLINE:
Tanzanian boy Mahadi Bakari Mohamed has been training hard to fulfill his determination and ambition of becoming a boxing world champion in the future.
Mohamed, 13, is trained by his father, 37-year-old Bakari Magona, a professional boxer.
He has already won five out of six amateur boxing bouts in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.
Twelve-year-old Omary Mohamed Mndenge, a Standard Six pupil at Muhimbili Primary School, also wants to become a world champion in boxing.
Both boys train on Saturdays and Sundays for a total of five hours, three hours in the morning and two hours in the evening.
SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili): BAKARI MAGONA, Boxing coach
"There were many young boys with boxing talents
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- 2022/10/04 00:00:00
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