Mandla Ntlanganiso is calling for the equal treatment of all boxing promoters as he’s ushering what some many fight fans might say is a new era in South Africa’s fistic sport.
The acting Boxing South Africa (BSA) chief executive officer was speaking on Tuesday during his maiden press conference in the caretaker role as boss of the regulatory body. In the past, there were problems where a few promoters received preferential treatment from BSA bosses.
The promoters even violated BSA’s rules and regulations regarding the depositing of boxers’ purses into the regulator’s account ahead of their tournaments.
“If we say monies must be in within 14 days, it should be like that regardless of which promoter is there. That needs to be standard. And it needs to apply across the board. We need to have an uncompromising adherent to legislative prescripts,” Ntlanganiso said.
Ntlanganiso, who started working as BSA director of operations two years ago, also touched on both the sanctioning and ratings committees.
“The sanctioning and ratings committees are critical committees in the life blood of boxing in the country. At this stage, we recommend for continuity purposes until the issue of the board is sorted out. Let the current committees continue until legally advised otherwise. We can’t have boxing without the ratings committee. We can’t have boxing without the sanctioning committee,” Ntlanganiso remarked.
The sanctioning committee is led by Sakhiwe Sodo, who is a member of the new BSA board, which was interdicted by the National Professional Boxing Promoters Association (NPBPA) last month. Former South African lightweight champion Irvin Buhlalu and journalist Bongani Magasela are also members of the sanctioning committee.
On the other hand, the ratings committee has two controversial figures in its chairperson Willie Saayman and Khulile Radu.
