A contractual dispute between trainer-cum-manager, Sean Smith, and unbeaten bantamweight boxer, Tiisetso Matikinca, from the Eastern Cape, is going for arbitration at the Boxing South Africa (BSA) offices in Hatfield, Pretoria, on Thursday and Friday this week.
Smith and Matikinca decided to go the arbitration route after the boxer bolted out of the Smith gym in Sunninghill to join Colin ‘Nomakanjani’ Nathan’s Hot Box in Balfour Park more than three months ago. Smith contends that Matikinca is contracted to him until 2028 while the boxer thinks otherwise.
“The arbitration is going to sit at the BSA offices on the 12th and the 13th,” Smith told Ink Sport.
On how Matikinca was able to fight against Tanzanian Luqman Ngambongali more than a week ago while they are still in dispute, Smith said: “He was given authorisation by me. I allowed him to fight as he’s still under my management. We will now see what the outcome of the arbitration will be.”
Matikinca stretched his unbeaten record to 11 wins with nine knockouts after he stopped Ngambongali in the fifth round in Turffontein, Johannesburg. – Monwabisi Jimlongo
