Four professional Zimbabwean boxers left Thursday for Zambia to take part in a tournament in the Zambian capital Lusaka.

Patience Master will be the only woman in the contingent that also includes Thamsanqa Dube, Zvenyika "Mosquito" Arifonso and Peter Pambeni.

The country's heavyweight champion, Dube will take on Francis "Nkalakatha" Zulu, that country's former cruiserweight champion, in a bout that is most likely to be the bill's main attraction.

It will be a 10-round contest.

Both pugilists have been a menace in their respective countries with Dube successfully shrugging off competition to maintain the title for a long time now while his opponent has also done well to snatch the championship from Joseph Phiri.

This will be Dube's second international fight and he will be hoping to maintain the good showing he displayed when he faced former Zambian heavyweight champion Joseph "Ramos" Phiri.

Zulu has fought a number of international opponents and will be banking on his experience and exposure.

Zvenyika will take on Godwin Matampuka in the lightweight category.

In another fight, Pambeni is set to exchange blows with Paul Kaoma in the featherweight division.

Master will trade leather with Easter Phiri who lost to Zimbabwean female boxer Monalisa Sibanda last month.

Boris Znider, a trainer for most members of the team, said he was confident they would do well in Zambia.

Zambia is one of the African countries that have been providing Zimbabwean boxers with opportunities to compete regionally and the relationship promises to last a long time.

Source: Xinhua