Omari Kimweri

Omari Idd Kimweri (born 22 September 1982) is a Tanzanian-Australian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC strawweight title in 2017.

As an amateur he represented Tanzania in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Kimweri has most commonly fought at light-flyweight and flyweight, fighting for and winning several regional titles.

He defeated Randy Petalcorin by split decision to win the WBC Silver flyweight title in April 2016, earning a WBC world title opportunity.

He opted to drop weight class to strawweight and challenged WBC champion Wanheng Menayothin in June 2017, but lost by unanimous decision.