For many years East London fight fans had been complaining about the sometimes unbecoming behaviour of Boxing South Africa (BSA) provincial manager in the Eastern Cape, Phakamile Jacobs, and they never acted against him.
And it took a relatively unknown 19-year-old boxer, who only made his professional debut last month, to challenge and deliver a knockout blow to Jacobs at a court of law.
A Grade 12 learner from Kusile Comprehensive School in Duncan Village, Simamkele Singile together with his manager Sizwe Maci tamed Jacobs when they defeated him at the High Court of South Africa Eastern Cape Division in Makhanda.
This followed when Singile and Maci took the controversial Jacobs to the High Court after he gave them a run around when they wanted to sign a binding BSA contract.
In its ruling on 12 December last year, the Makhanda High Court ordered BSA to take administrative steps necessary in order to sign and approve the articles of agreement between Singile and Maci within 20 days from the date of the service of order. The High Court also ordered that both BSA and Jacobs must pay the costs of the application by Singile and Maci.
