Fundo Mhura
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Scotland
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| Men's Boxing | ||
| European Amateur Championships | ||
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2006 | Middleweight |
Fundo Chifundo Mhura (born 9 October 1983 in Zomba, Malawi)Died 2023 (Edinburgh) is a Scottish amateur boxer best known for winning bronze at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships at middleweight.
Career
[edit]Mhura left the African country when he was five months old and has lived in Scotland since. He is a member of the Leith Victoria boxing club of Scotland. The 6'1 fighter fought for his native country Malawi at welterweight (69/152 lbs) at the Commonwealth Games 2006 where he lost in the second round to Nigerian Olufemi Ajayi.
He moved up a division afterwards and became the first Scot to win a European boxing medal since Scott Harrison in 1996. He lost the semi-final controversially on points to Azeri Rahib Beylarov 18:23.
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