By Monwabisi Jimlongo
Mandla Ntlanganiso is living on borrowed time at Boxing South Africa (BSA) as some board members and a certain promoters want him out.
Ink Sport has it on good authority that plans have been set in motion to make sure that Ntlanganiso’s exit from BSA is accelerated and the letter he received saying that he should state why he shouldn’t be suspended is the first step towards getting him out of the boxing regulatory body.
Our source said: “It’s true that Mandla has been served with a letter and has been asked to state why he shouldn’t be suspended.”
Ink Sport can also confirm that Ntlanganiso has since responded to BSA’s letter and is ready to go toe-to-toe with the board.
Contacted for comment on Thursday, Ntlanganiso neither confirmed nor denied receiving a letter threatening to suspend him.
Apparently, a blunder committed by BSA’s provincial manager in the Eastern Cape Phakamile Jacobs has now been pinned on Ntlanganiso, who started working as the boxing regulatory body’s director of operations in January last year.
Jacobs’ failure to tally score cards correctly resulted in Melissa Miller being declared a winner during her fight against Sharadene Fortuin in a South African female bantamweight title contest at the East London International Convention Centre (ICC).
It took BSA three days to change the initial outcome of the fight into a draw something which never went down well with many people in the boxing fraternity.
Ntlanganiso is also being charged for the sanctioning of Boxing5 Promotions tournament, which took place in Booysens, Johannesburg, last month. Initially, the tournament was sanctioned by BSA only for its sanctioning to be reversed a few days before it actually took place.
Ink Sport tried to get a comment from BSA spokesperson Azwitamisi Nthangeni whose cellphone rang unaswered.
