Everisto Mulenga

Everisto Mulenga (born 26 March 1999) is a Zambian amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the African Qualification Tournament, both at featherweight.

Everisto Mulenga
Born	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 26)[1]
Nationality	Zambian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Bantamweight Featherweight
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Zambia African Games 2019 Rabat Featherweight

Career

Mulenga won a silver medal at the 2016 African Region V Youth U20 Games in Luanda, losing to Ricardo Malajika of South Africa in the finals.^[2] He reached the quarterfinals of the bantamweight event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won his first bout before suffering a loss to Mohammad Hussamuddin.^[3] Mulenga won a featherweight bronze medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.^[4] He won three straight fights before losing to the eventual gold medalist Mohamed Hamout in the semifinals.^[5]

Mulenga qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a first-place finish at the African Qualification Tournament, where he defeated veteran Nick Okoth in the final via unanimous decision.^[6][7] At the Tokyo Olympics, he received a first-round bye in the featherweight bracket.^[8] Mulenga began his first bout against Ceiber Ávila by opening a cut above his opponent's eye in the first round, but he ultimately lost the fight by split decision.^[9][10]