Charles Manyuchi (born 19 November 1989) is a

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an professional

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who briefly held the

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title. Manyuchi made his professional debut in 2009, and won the

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title in 2013. In 2014, he won the WBC International welterweight title against Patrick Allotey. He successfully defended his WBC crown in

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against Devis Caceres. He was awarded the Zimbabwe's Sports Person of the Year accolade in 2014. He made another successful defense of the WBC International belt against Gianluca Frezza, in the latter's native

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. Manyuchi further advanced his career by beating Dmitry Mikhailenko in

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for the

title. Manyuchi won the fight by

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(118-110, 116–114, 115–113). Manyuchi's run of 17 consecutive victories came to an end against

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. Abdukakhorov proved to be too much for Manyuchi, beating him with a first round

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(TKO) after dropping him twice. Manyuchi mocked Abduqaxorov prior to the fight, saying that he was "in a different league" while his manager claimed they were already planning to fight for the WBC world title. Abdukakhorov claimed Manyuchi was "overconfident". Manyuchi has since gone into the middleweight division and he is the current WBF Middleweight Champion after knocking out Argentina's Diego Gallardo in Harare. Charles is the first world champion from Zimbabwe.

References

External links

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Charles Manyuchi Website
Living people 1989 births Zimbabwean male boxers Welterweight boxers Middleweight boxers African Boxing Union champions World Boxing Council champions Shona people Sportspeople from Bulawayo {{Zimbabwe-boxing-bio-stub