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Namibia's 'Blue Machine' moves up in world boxing ranks

Xinhua, December 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Namibian Julius 'Blue Machine' Indongo moved up to second in the world boxing ranking after knocking out former IBF world champion Eduard Tryoyanovsky of Russia in 40 seconds in the first round of a scheduled 12-round bout in Russia.

Indongo currently ranked fourth by the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and this was his first shot at a world title.

During a press conference on Monday, in Windhoek, promoter and manager, Nestor Tobias said following Indongo's win, the Namibian moved up the ladder, clinching both the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and International Boxing Organisation (IBO) titles.

Tobias said their boxing camp has made a plan for the fight and his fighter was oozing with confidence before the fight.

"We produced a unified champion this year. This is the highest achievement the country's boxing fraternity has reached and we can safely say we have the factory to produce world champions," he added.

Before the fight, Indongo had an unblemished record of 20 wins out of 20 fights, including 10 knock-out.

Indongo in an interview said that when he entered the ring he was focused. "The punches I threw were calculated and when I landed the snap punch, I knew I had got him," he added.

Indongo thanked his sparring partners and sponsors in what he described as an achievement that will go down in the Namibian history books. Endit