▁lost ▁his ▁second ▁professional ▁fight ▁against ▁American ▁Edd ie ▁Must ap ha ▁Muhammad ▁via ▁a ▁ 4 th - round ▁knock out ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as . ▁ ▁M w ale ▁lost ▁his ▁Commonwealth ▁title ▁to ▁Les lie ▁Stewart ▁of ▁Tr in idad ▁and ▁Tob ago ▁in ▁Port ▁au ▁Spain ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁and ▁soon ▁after , ▁the ▁African ▁title ▁to ▁Niger ia ’ s ▁Joe ▁Las isi . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁he ▁reg ained ▁the ▁Z amb ian ▁light - he avy weight ▁title ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁had ▁to ▁vac ate ▁when ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁and ▁African ▁titles , ▁with ▁a ▁ 6 th - round ▁knock out ▁of ▁En och ▁Ch ama . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁he ▁added ▁the ▁Z amb ian ▁cru iser weight ▁bel t ▁after ▁an ▁ 8 th - round ▁knock out ▁of ▁Joseph ▁P oto . ▁M w ale ▁then ▁got ▁a ▁shot ▁at ▁the ▁W BC ▁International ▁title ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁p itted ▁against ▁Gh ana ian ▁Ray ▁Ac qu aye . ▁M w ale ▁knew ▁that ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 3 8 , ▁this ▁was ▁probably ▁his ▁last ▁chance ▁to ▁win ▁an ▁international ▁bel t ▁so ▁he ▁trained ▁hard ▁for ▁the ▁fight ▁and ▁turned ▁back ▁the ▁years ▁with ▁an ▁ 8 th - round ▁knock out ▁in ▁L us aka . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁victory , ▁M w ale ▁expected ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Sports man ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁award ▁at ▁the ▁