Joseph Marwa (boxer)

Joseph Marwa

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Marwa
Nickname	The Hungry Lion
Nationality	Tanzania
Born	(1964-07-15) 15 July 1964 (age 60) Musoma, Tanzania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Welterweight, Light-middleweight
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Tanzania All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo Light-middleweight

Joseph Marwa (born 15 July 1964 in Musoma) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). Nicknamed The Hungry Lion he also competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Marwa won a silver medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1991 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Kabary Salem of Egypt.[1] Joseph Marwa is currently situated in Zanzibar, Tanzania and works as the head bouncer of a very well known hotel, Kendwa Rocks in Kendwa.

References

1. "5.All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt - September 20 - October 1 1991". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-27.

External links

• Boxing record for Joseph Marwa from BoxRec (registration required)
• Profile
• thecgf^[permanent dead link‍]