Everisto Mulenga

Everisto Mulenga (born 26 March 1999) is a Zambian amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the African Qualification Tournament, both at featherweight.

Everisto Mulenga
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
NationalityZambian
Born (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999[1]
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Zambia
African Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 RabatFeatherweight

Career

Mulenga won a silver medal at the 2016 African Region V Youth U20 Games in Luanda, losing to Ricardo Malajika of South Africa in the finals.[2] He reached the quarterfinals of the bantamweight event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won his first bout before suffering a loss to Mohammad Hussamuddin.[3] Mulenga won a featherweight bronze medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.[4] He won three straight fights before losing to the eventual gold medalist Mohamed Hamout in the semifinals.[5]

Mulenga qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a first-place finish at the African Qualification Tournament, where he defeated veteran Nick Okoth in the final via unanimous decision.[6][7] At the Tokyo Olympics, he received a first-round bye in the featherweight bracket.[8] Mulenga began his first bout against Ceiber Ávila by opening a cut above his opponent's eye in the first round, but he ultimately lost the fight by split decision.[9][10]

References
  1. Commonwealth Games athlete profile
  2. Etheridge, Mark (14 December 2016). "Gymnasts and boxers grab Games gold". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. "Gold Coast 2018: Boxing – Men's 56kg results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. O’Kane, Patrick (6 September 2019). "National Olympic Committee of Zambia President praises African Games medallists". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019 Results" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. Phiri, Chris (27 February 2020). "Three Zambian Boxers Storm Tokyo Olympics". Zambia Reports. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. Isaboke, Alex (29 February 2020). "Olympics Bound Okoth Bags Silver In Boxing Qualifiers". Capital FM Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. Chipepo, Elias (23 July 2021). "Mulenga gets bye at Olympics". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. Kunda, Robinson (29 July 2021). "Chinyemba only boxer remaining after Mulenga loss". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. "Épico: Céiber Ávila derrotó a Mulenga y pasó a cuartos de final en boxeo". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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