ZBF chiefs roasted for not meeting heroic boxers

THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) who are under-fire for not sending a single official to welcome the heroic boxers returning from Senegal says they had delegated Midlands Amateur Boxing Association (MABA) for representation.

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o in on the lym ic alification were two silver medals rom hiyemba and

Zimba while len a won old.

ario s sections o the boxin amily too to social media ro s to condemn the ail re by Z to welcome the boys who arrive in sa a on onday.

t Z eneral secretary ri ht homba described the condemnation as n ort nate and said he had comm nicated to A A o ficial hristian Kalima to represent the ederation. It s sad that some eo le are sin this to sh down the e orts the ederation t in to ens re we scored s ccess in Sene al. he Z resident and I co ld not ma e it beca se we are not in sa a and there ore as ed or A A re resentation, he said.

He ass red the boxers that des ite the ne ative tal rom some individ als, the Z still cares abo t them and was ro d o their s ccess.

homba however challen ed those in the ore ront sin in abo t Z s absence to also

show the same concern when

it as s or contrib tions towards re arin boxers. oday they are standin by the anthill to tal abo t o r ail re and yet when we as or contrib tions they o in hibernation. I ho e the same

concern will be shown when

ndraisin or nds, homba said.