For Team BW, one of the few highs from a largely disappointing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham was Lethabo Modukanele’s history-making exploits in the ring.
The diminutive 26-year-old punched her way into the record books in stunning style, securing a brilliant bronze to become the first female boxer to win a Commonwealth medal for Botswana.
In beating Sri Lanka’s Nadeeka Pushpamukari to a place on the podium, the Mahalapye native ended a 12-year drought for a BW boxing medal at the CW dating back to Delhi 2010.
Having only taken up the sport in 2016, when, as a student at the Univer...
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In this article:African Boxing Championship, Birmingham, Botswana, Bronze Bomber, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth medal, Lechedzani Master Luza, Lethabo Modukanele, Mahalapye, Ministry of Health, Nadeeka Pushpamukari, Nthaba Nlanda, Olympics, Procurement Officer, RSC’s [Referee Stopped Contest], Sri Lanka, TKO’s [Technical Knock-Out], two-time Zone 4 Gold medalist, UB/Tsholofelo Boxing Club, University of Botswana, University of Botswana (UB)
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