fullname birth_place weight height birth_date article_title nicknames
rashi ali hadj matumla tanga , tanga region 63 kg lb 1.65 26 june 1968 rashi ali hadj matumla
 '' snakeboy ''
rashi ali hadj matumla

rashid ali hadj matumla -lrb- born june 26 , 1968 in tanga -rrb- is a retired male boxer from tanzania , who represented his native east african country in three consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1988 -lrb- seoul -rrb- .
he was nicknamed `` snakeboy '' during his career .
matumla also competed at two commonwealth games : 1994 and 1998 was the ever first tanzanian boxer to win world champion in the light welterweight at diamond jubilee hall after defeating the boxer from germany .
matumla now lives at keko suburb in dar es salaam .
recently his son mohamed matumla defeated a chinese boxer qualifying for the may wheather and manny pac fight , however news spilled over newspapers that probably mahamed matumla may not be one of the pre-fighters for may vs pac on 2nd may 2015
