Omari Idd Kimweri (born 22 September 1982) is a Tanzanian-Australian professional boxer who challenged for the

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strawweight title in 2017. As an

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he represented Tanzania in the

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Professional career

Kimweri has most commonly fought at light-flyweight and

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, fighting for and winning several regional titles. He defeated

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by split decision to win the WBC Silver flyweight title in April 2016, earning a WBC world title opportunity. He opted to drop weight class to strawweight and challenged WBC champion

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in June 2017, but lost by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimweri, Omari 1982 births Living people Tanzanian male boxers People from Dar es Salaam Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania Australian male boxers Flyweight boxers