Iphinde ayabinamntu intshinga yoMzantsi Afrika kudidi lwewelterweight emva kokuthiwa tya nguKeanu Koopman kwiinyanga nje ezintlanu wayiphumelela ngokunqumamisa uBonke Duku kumjikelo wesibhozo.
Ngokokutsho kukaBoxing South Africa (BSA), uKoopman uyithe xibilili lentshinga emva kwesigqibo sokunyukela kudidi lwejunior-middleweight.
“Ngokwemimiselo kaBoxing South Africa yango-2004, intshinga yoMzantsi Afrika kudidi lwewelterweight ayinamntu ngoku, kwaye zizakwenziwa iindlela zokuchaza abazakuyilwela,” utshilo uBSA.
“UKeanu Koopman ubonakalise isakhono esihle kakhulu ngethuba eyintshatsheli. Njengokuba engena kwesinye isahluko emanqindini, uBoxing South Africa unqwenelela uKeanu okuhle kodwa nempumelelo njengokuba ezakulwa kolunye udidi nje.”
Ngoku uKoopman uzakulwa kudidi olunye kunye nomntakwabo uShervantaigh Koopman, ozakucela umngeni kwintshatsheli ye-International Boxing Organisation (IBO) kudidi lwejunior-middleweight u-Uisma dos Ramos Lima wase-Angola ngoMgqibelo umhla wamashumi amathathu ananye kuMeyi kuMeyi.
Kusenjalo, sisihlandlo sesibini lentshinga yoMzantsi Afrika ingabinamntu kwisithuba esingaphantsi konyaka.
Yaqala ayabinamntu emva kokuba uThulani Mbenge waphumelela eye-IBO ngokubetha uMichael McKinson e-United Kingdom ngo-Okthobha nyakenye.
