Uganda, May 24 -- Teddy Nakimuli could become the first Ugandan woman to box at the Commonwealth Games after an emphatic victory over Jalia Nali during Week 13 of the Champions League at the MTN Arena-Lugogo Saturday night.
At the 2019 National Open, Nakimuli was the best female youth boxer. But a year later, the University of Pain boxer lost 3-2 to Catherine Nanziri in the national elimination ahead of the African Olympic Trials in Dakar, Senegal.
Nanziri advanced to become Uganda's first female boxer at the Olympics as Nakimuli, ranked higher until that January 2020 encounter, pondered the might-have-been.
Women's boxing was first allowed in the Commonwealth Games at the Glasgow 2014 edition and the Birmingham 2022 presents Nakimuli wi...