Davis Mwale

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Davis Mwale
Medal record
Representing Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Men's Boxing
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Light Welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester Light Welterweight
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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 ]

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References

  1. "Olympic bound Zambian boxers challenged". Times of Zambia. 30 June 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2010.