Mdantsane-born boxer Lusanda ‘Mexican’ Komanisi is scheduled to make the first defence of his South African lightweight title later this month.
Having won the national title when he dethroned former champion Tshifhiwa Munyai at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, in September last year, Komanisi will now defend against Khaya Busakwe at the Orient Theatre in East London on Friday, 31 March.
Komanisi whose boxing skills are honed by Vusi Mtolo in Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, is on a six-fight winning streak. The 33-year-old Komanisi has stopped four of his last six victims.
Busakwe, meanwhile, will be making a second attempt at winning the SA lightweight title having failed to do so when he was stopped by Munyai at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg in May 2021.
This is going to be Soweto-born Busakwe’s second visit to East London in less than a year. He stopped former SA featherweight titlist Aphiwe Mboyiya in the fifth round at the East London International Convention Centre (ICC) in October last year.
Komanisi has notched 27 victories with 22 knockouts and six defeats while Busakwe has eight wins (all stoppages), three losses and a draw.
The Komanisi-Busakwe slugfest is going to be the main supporting bout to the vacant International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Intercontinental junior-bantamweight title contest between Sada’s Landile Ngxeke and Michael Mendoza from the Philippines.
