Thamsanqa Dube is, since 2003, the heavyweight boxing champion of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. In November 2003, in Bulawayo

Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...

, Dube beat Arigoma Chiponda with a technical knockout taking the heavyweight national championship belt. Dube beat Chiponda three more times in the next year. Dube has only lost once in his professional career, and that was by decision in his first match against Chiponda on the day he turned professional.

On 1 January 2006, Dube knocked out a Zambian heavyweight, Joseph "Ramos" Phiri, in a 12-round contest at the Bulawayo Polytechnic College

Bulawayo Polytechnic College

Bulawayo Polytechnic is an academic institution established in 1942 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.The polytechnic provides a number of higher education qualifications. It has played host to exchange students from many countries including the United States and western Europe...

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