Rumble Africa Promotions (RAP) chairman Thembalethu ‘Teris’ Ntutu is excited after pay TV SuperSport agreed to screen his award-winning promotional outfit’s next tournament.
SuperSport has agreed to show live the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior-flyweight title contest between current champion Sivenathi ‘Special One’ Nontshinga and challenger Regie Suganob from the Philippines. This fight, which was originally scheduled for Friday, 16 June, has now been moved to Sunday, 2 July at the East London International Convention Centre (ICC).
“We are super excited that this event will now be live on TV and people will have access to it. It’s a massive boost for boxers in particular for Sive Nontshinga who is a classy boxer and deserves to be watched all over the world,” Ntutu said.
“We thank SuperSport for this opportunity. The live broadcast is also an opportunity for us to put a world class event for our sponsors, Boxing South Africa and importantly, the boxing lovers in the Eastern Cape and globally.”
This is going to be the 24-year-old Nontshinga’s first defence of the title he won when he outpointed Mexican boxer Hector Flores in Hermosillo, Mexico, in September last year. This bout won the IBF Fight of the Year award.
