Branco Will Continue To Support Silence Mabuza
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Respected South African promoter Branco Milenkovic is not ready to sign-off on Silence Mabuza, once again demonstrating the admirable qualities that earned him the accolade of the WBC “International Promoter of the Year” in 2007.
Super Sport reports that despite Silence Mabuza losing by a 12th round TKO to Colombia’s Yhonny Perez in an IBF bantamweight title eliminator last weekend while leading on the scorecards of all three judges, Milenkovic indicated he had big plans for Mabuza.
Milenkovic had no complaints about the stoppage saying “I saw Mabuza’s legs and I knew he was gone.”
Super Sport reported that the number of punches Mabuza took raised doubts about his future and his reputation as a world class fighter despite the fact that he was ahead on points at the time of the stoppage.
Milenkovic made it clear he was “not a promoter who dumps a fighter after one setback.Mabuza is very much a part of our plans” but indicated he would have to sit down with him to find out what the fighter wants to do.
The loss to Perez was Mabuza’s third loss, all by stoppage in 25 fights.
