Owethu Mbira (born 6 March 1987) is a South African

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who competed from 2008 to 2011. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at lightweight at the

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Career

At the

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, he upset local

Hamza Kramou Hamza Kramou (born February 3, 1988) is an Algerian amateur boxer. He won bronze at the 2006 Junior World Championships and fought in the 2008 Olympics. Career Kramou won featherweight bronze at Agadir 2006 at the World Juniors, where he lost to C ...

but was defeated by

Saifeddine Nejmaoui Saifeddine Nejmaoui (born May 5, 1981) is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008. In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi D ...

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. At the World Championships he lost to

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Vasil Qazishvili.

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* * 1987 births Living people Lightweight boxers South African male boxers African Games bronze medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub