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EVANS Mbamba was hoping that his impressive seven rounds knockout of Thailander Devid Lookmahanak in WBC junior bantamweight title elimination clash in December 2008 in South Africa would land him a challenge against Vic Darchinyan.
South African junior lightweight contender Ayanda Yaphi cannot be in a dull fight even he tries due to his wild swinging aggressive fighting style with virtually no defence in place.
Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves Promotion (GGP) has written a strong-worded letter to the WBC executive secretary Mauricio Sulaiman seeking verification of the reports that his charge Gideon Buthelezi will challenge Adrian Hernandez for the WBC junior flyweight title in Mexico on August 27.
The South African Parliament on Tuesday called a meeting between the local boxing commission (Boxing South Africa), former IBF world junior lightweight champion Mzonke Fana and top promoter Branco Milenkovic to seek answers about Fana’s tripping of his IBF 130 lbs crown last month.
KAIZER Mabuza may have meekly surrendered against Zab Judah in his biggest fight when they battled for the IBF junior welterweight crown in front of the American audience back in March but he feels winning the vacant IBO welterweight crown will propel him to bigger fights again.
Evander Holyfield might have long passed his sell-by date with his bouts characterized by frowns than praises but in South Africa he still seems to be an after-sought commodity as he is the subject of a tug-of-war.
THE untimely illness suffered by IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko just a few days before his scheduled clash against Abner Mares in a Showtime Super Four final on April 23 at Nokia Center in Los Angeles, US not only robbed him of a mouthwatering clash against Mares but it nearly cost him his IBF crown.
The relicensing fiasco involving former three time world champion and now 44-year-old Dingaan Thobela has opened a door for heavyweight upstart Flo Simba to accelerate his ring return after he was drafted into the August 29 Box and Dine tournament to replace Thobela.
Tshephang Mohale who hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons after getting arrested while celebrating his stunning second round stoppage defeat of Johnny Muller last month will be back in action on August 29 at Emperors Palace in South Africa.
Sanity has finally prevailed after the South African boxing commission reversed the decision to grant flabby Dingaan Thobela a fighting license.