Ready for war - "King George" pumped ahead of next month's title fight
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The 29-year-old is brimming with confidence as he looks to become Kenya's latest regional champion
Kenyan boxer George ‘King George’ Onyango says he is “ready for war” ahead of his anticipated title fight against Tanzania’s Benjamin Mchunguzi at Masshouse, Ngong Road on Friday, 1 May.
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Onyango, who holds a 12-3-1 record, will be the headline act of Kalakoda Promotions’ “Nightmare in Nairobi IV”, where he will fight for the East and Central African Super Welterweight belt.
“This will be a war,” a calm Onyango, ranked as the number one super welterweight boxer in the country, said in an interview with the promoter.
“I am the main event for the third time in my career, and I don’t believe this will be any different from the other fights.”
Onyango’s first headline bout came in September 2018, when he successfully defended his national super lightweight title against Kenya’s Fred Nyakesha at KICC, via split decision.
His next time out closing the show was nearly seven years later, when he again came out tops, this time retiring Uganda’s Junju Power in the fourth round of a welterweight contest at the Edge Convention Center in Nairobi.
“When you have a look at those two fights, both of them were real wars,” Onyango, who in an interview with Mozzart Sport said he began boxing at the tender age of nine, said.
“Nyakesha was a tough opponent to deal with, and Power came in with three WABA belts and an unbeaten record. Despite all of that, I ended up winning both fights, and that is what May 1st is all going to be about once again.”
After a long, arduous journey, Onyango, fighting in his third fight under Kalakoda, will be 10 rounds away from a belt he has long cherished.
“This will be the belt that will now showcase why I am King George,” a smiling Onyango said. “It will be a big deal for me to win it, but I also see it as a step to achieving bigger things.”
Onyango is currently on a two-fight winning streak, having overcome two Tanzanians: Bariki Solomoni, and Ernest Kapinga.
As fate would have it, another Tanzanian in Mchunguzi (5-2-0) stands in his way.
“He better be ready,” Onyango said in a message to his opponent. “Welcome to the slaughterhouse, and expect to see bad things.”
Should the 29-year-old win the East and Central African title, he will join a list of active Kenyans currently in possession of the belt, including heavyweight Morris Okolla, cruiserweight Joshua Wasike, and super-featherweight champion Praxides Anyango.