Medal record | ||
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Representing Zambia | ||
Men's Boxing | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
1998 Kuala Lumpur | Light Welterweight | |
2002 Manchester | Light Welterweight | |
All-Africa Games | ||
2003 Abuja | Light Welterweight |
Davis Mwale (born May 8, 1972) is a boxer from Zambia. [1]
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light welterweight (64 kg) division by Cuba's eventual runner-up Yudel Johnson Cedeno.[ citation needed ]
Mwale won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.[ citation needed ]
Zambia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
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