Announced by Minister of Sport, Gayton McKenzie, during a national boxing indaba held at the International Convention Centre (ICC), KuGompo City, in February last year, the Steve Tshwete Boxing League will fonally get underway in two weeks’ time.
And it makes perfect sense for the Boxing League to be launched with a tournament at the Steve Tshwete Banquet Hall in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The launch is going to be held on Saturday, 21 November.
After Middelburg, action will move to Durban with the show scheduled to be held two days before Christmas day. And it’s going to Gauteng’s turn on Friday, 29 January 2027, with the final tournament set for KuGompo City on Saturday, 27 March.
The dates of all the tournaments were confirmed by Boxing South Africa (BSA) chief executive officer, Tsholofelo Lejaka.
A total of 32 male boxers across three divisions, mini-flyweight, bantamweight and super-middleweight, are going to take part in the tournaments with 16 female fighters set to fight in the mini-flyweight and flyweight divisions.
