Who is Issa Kayembe?

[olij999]

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1075672

Debuts in Kinshasa, the home of Ali-Foreman, this weekend.

Is a heavyweight himself.

Pro debut is scheduled to be a 10-rounder, so no messing around there.

Is fighting at the "Shark Club", which itself sounds fearsome.

Why have we not heard of this gentleman before?

PS - British and Irish forum relevance as he will surely end up fighting here at some point in his career...

[Ruthless-RKO]

Interesting.

[margaret thatcher]

i mean, does he have to be someone notable

could just be a random congo dude who knows a local promoter or something. the show is stacked with guys making their debut https://boxrec.com/en/event/850819

[olij999]

I know - original post was slightly tongue-in-cheek. But it's always fun trying to spot people doing unusual things early in their career in case they end up making it. It was the 10-rounder on debut that interested me - reminded me of https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/440. Looks like Kayembe was scheduled to debut before Christmas but political unrest prevented it - https://www.pressreader.com/south-afric ... 6085889543