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By Keith Idec - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This time a week ago, there weren’t many people outside of Kaizer Mabuza’s family who believed the Devon Alexander-Juan Urango fight tonight would mean much to him.
Mabuza was 22-6-3 in his 10-year pro career, hadn’t defeated a legitimate contender and traveled halfway around the world to fight a heavy-handed former junior welterweight champion in the prime of his career. Worse yet, Mabuza had lost twice to fellow South African Isaac Hlatshwayo, a former welterweight champion who knocked out Mabuza in the first round of Mabuza’s pro debut and easily out-pointed Mabuza in their rematch three years later.
Kendall Holt, Mabuza’s heavily favored opponent last Saturday night, dropped Hlatshwayo three times and dominated him en route to a 12-round unanimous decision win in November 2006. The Holt-Hlatshwayo fight also occurred in the very same Bally’s Events Center where the Holt-Mabuza match was to take place. [Click Here To Read More]
Mabuza was 22-6-3 in his 10-year pro career, hadn’t defeated a legitimate contender and traveled halfway around the world to fight a heavy-handed former junior welterweight champion in the prime of his career. Worse yet, Mabuza had lost twice to fellow South African Isaac Hlatshwayo, a former welterweight champion who knocked out Mabuza in the first round of Mabuza’s pro debut and easily out-pointed Mabuza in their rematch three years later.
Kendall Holt, Mabuza’s heavily favored opponent last Saturday night, dropped Hlatshwayo three times and dominated him en route to a 12-round unanimous decision win in November 2006. The Holt-Hlatshwayo fight also occurred in the very same Bally’s Events Center where the Holt-Mabuza match was to take place. [Click Here To Read More]