Mandonga in town for Wanyonyi rematch

Tanzanian boxer Karim ‘Mtu Kazi’ Mandonga has arrived in Kenya for his highly anticipated rematch against Kenya’s Daniel Wanyonyi at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi on July 22.

In his classic showboating fashion, Mandonga promised to unleash lethal power on Wanyonyi and coined his latest fist strike as ‘Kinguki’.

"If Wanyonyi was prepared to challenge the 'Sugunyo' fist, I'm sorry for him because I have come with a new punch called 'Kinguki' from Russia and I must defeat him.

“The Kenyan fans love me as much as I love them and I ask them to come early and in large numbers on Saturday to watch me," Mandonga said.

Former African Boxing Union (ABU) light heavy champion Daniel has pledged to finish off Mandonga and get his redemption.

"The preparations have been fine and now I'm just doing some polishing. I am in the right mindset for that fight and I promise he will not go beyond the first round,” Wanyonyi said.

Wanyonyi lost to Mandonga on TKO in the fifth round at the Kenyatta International Sports Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on January 14.

In his last fight, Wanyonyi floored Charles Kakande of Uganda on TKO on March 25 at the Kasarani Indoor Arena same as Mandonga who also overcame  Lucky Yamuzi, also of Uganda, on the same day.