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Langton “Schoolboy” Tinago, arguably Zimbabwe’s greatest sportsperson ever, was buried at Gweru Provincial Heroes’ Acre yesterday, becoming the only athlete to get such recognition which is the second highest in the country. Tinago died last Tuesday morning at the age of 69 after a short battle with pneumonia.
Tributes continued to pour in yesterday for legendary Zimbabwe boxer Langton “Schoolboy” Tinago, who passed away in Gweru on Tuesday after a short illness
Government yesterday confirmed receiving a provincial hero status request from the family of the late boxing legend Langton ‘’Schoolboy’’ Tinago. The three-time Commonwealth champion died in the early hours of Tuesday, aged 69, after a short battle with pneumonia.
When Muhammad Ali knocked out then defending world heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston, in February 1964, in boxing’s greatest upset in Florida, he immediately proclaimed to the whole world he was “The Greatest”.
Barely three months after pouring out his heart on being neglected in an interview with a local weekly, former Commonwealth Boxing champion and Zimbabwe boxing legend Langton “Schoolboy” Tinago has died without getting the recognition he had yearned for.
It’s a monumental task but with the help of our listeners and readers we know we can come up with a list of the 100 greatest Zimbabweans of all time. We are drawing up a list of ten candidates from ten categories to make a list of 100.