Elias Nashivela
Encyclopedia
Elias Nashivela is a Namibia
n boxer. A middleweight
, Nashivela competed for Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
in the Middleweight division
. In his first match, he beat Albert Blaize of Dominica
. When the referee stopped the fight, Nashivela was up 19-0 in points in the 2nd round.
In 2006, Nashivela was a member of the under-20 Namibian national boxing team.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
n boxer. A middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
, Nashivela competed for Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Namibia competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. Namibia sent 28 athletes and 11 officials to the Games, which was fewer than it had in 2006. Namibian athletes competed in athletics, archery , boxing, cycling, gymnastics, bowls, shooting, and paralympics...
in the Middleweight division
Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Middleweight
The Middleweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is a class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 75 kilograms.27 boxers will compete....
. In his first match, he beat Albert Blaize of Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
. When the referee stopped the fight, Nashivela was up 19-0 in points in the 2nd round.
In 2006, Nashivela was a member of the under-20 Namibian national boxing team.