Kennedy Kanyanta (born April 10, 1979 in

Mufulira Mufulira, is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Mufulira means "Place of Abundance and Peace". The town developed around the Mufulira Copper Mine in the 1930s. The town also serves as the administrative capital of Mufulira District. ...

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) is a

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n boxer who won the

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in the men's flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 AllAfrica Games as an amateur.

Amateur

At the Olympics 2000 he had a bye, and then lost his bout against Bulat Jumadilov 9:12. In Manchester at the Commonwealth Games 2002 he beat

Lechedzani Luza Lechedzani Luza (born December 20, 1978) is a boxer from Botswana. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Luza took the silver medal. He took gold in 2004 at the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana, finally defeating Madagascar's ...

in the final. (see

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) Luza returned the favor at the 2006 Games. At the AllAfricans 2007 he lost to Jackson Chauke.

Pro

He turned pro in 2007 and won 2 bouts at bantamweight.He had 11 fights winning all of them and retired in 2011 as a champion with 3 belts,Africa Boxing Union belt,Global Boxing Union Intercontinental belt and International Boxing Organisation Inter continental belt.

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