A fight that was probably going to be her last of the year is not happening anymore as her opponent picked up an injury while sweating at the gym.
Nozipho Bell, who was set to face off against 23-year-old former amateur star, Azalia Amineva, in Russia on Friday, 27 November, is not going to face the Russian novice anymore.
This came after the Russian, who has only one professional fight, which is a win over previously unbeaten Cynthia Ogunsemilore from Nigeria in April, injured her hand while preparing to meet Bell.
“The fight is not happening anymore. Our opponent hurt her hand at training. We are now waiting for a new date of the fight,” Bell’s manager, Lonwabo Witbooi, revealed.
This was going to be the former South African female junior-lightweight champion’s second visit to Russia in just over a year as she lost to unbeaten Russian boxer, Albina Moldazhanova, in Ekaterinburg in August last year.
Bell from Walmer in Gqeberha snapped a two-fight losing streak with a points win over Zimbabwean boxer, Chiedza Homakoma, in a World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental junior-welterweight clash at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in June. – Monwabisi Jimlongo
