Tokyo Olympics: Mozambican boxer Alcinda Panguana advances to welterweight quarterfinals

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Tokyo Olympics: Mozambican boxer Alcinda Panguana advances to welterweight quarterfinals

6:45 CAT | 27 Jul 2021

Alcinfda Panguana on the ring in Tokyo, on July 27, 2921, [Photo: Voa]

Alcinda Panguana defeated Kenya’s Elizabeth Akinyi in the women’s 69kg (welterweight) category in her round of 16 bout.

The referee had to stop the bout with 1:34 minutes to go in the second round after Panguana unleashed a barrage of blows on her Kenyan opponent in the round of 16 tie here.

Alcinda Helena Panguana became the first-ever female fighter from Mozambique to compete in the Olympics. The long and lean welterweight looks to be a problem for the rest of the field, and certainly was one for Kenya’s Elizabeth Akinyi whom she stopped inside of two rounds.

Panguana—who is joined by middleweight Rady Gramane (who fights Wednesday) as their nation’s first to compete on this stage—established her dominance early and often, pummelling Akinyi in a one-sided round one. She closed the show with a pair of standing eight counts in round two, the latter which produced a stoppage at 1:26.

Next to face Panguana [on Friday] is China’s Gu Hong, who outclassed Baison Manikon (Thailand) in a three-round shutout. Scores were 30-27 on all five scorecards in favor of Gu, the reigning World Amateur champion and number-two Olympic welterweight seed.

Panguana ousts last standing Kenyan boxer Elizabeth Akinyi

Kenya’s last standing boxer at the Tokyo Olympics Elizabeth Akinyi was on Tuesday eliminated by the outstanding Alcinda Helena Panguana of Mozambique in their welterweight bout at the Kokugikan Arena.

Panguanabb — Kenya’s Elizabeth Akinyi (red) and Mozambique’s Acinda Helena Panguana fight during their women’s welter (64-69kg) preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. [Photo: Ueslei Marcelino | AFP]

Akinyi’s technical knockout (TKO) loss summed up a disappointing day for Team Kenya at the Tokyo Games.

The referee had to stop the bout with 1:34 minutes to go in the second round after Panguana unleashed a barrage of blows on her Kenyan opponent in the round of 16 tie here.