Omari Kimweri


Omari Idd Kimweri is a Tanzanian-Australian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC mini-flyweight title in 2017. As an amateur he represented Tanzania in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Professional career

Kimweri has most commonly fought at light-flyweight and flyweight, fighting for and winning several regional titles. He defeated Randy Petalcorin by split decision to win the WBC Silver flyweight title in April 2016, earning a WBC world title opportunity. He opted to drop weight class to mini-flyweight and challenged WBC champion Wanheng Menayothin in June 2017, but lost by unanimous decision.

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