Even though no one is prepared to talk, Ink Sport can reveal that the five months long contractual dispute between Johannesburg-based boxing trainer-cum-manager, Sean Smith, and Eastern Cape boxer, Tiisetso Matikinca, is finally over.
Matikinca’s new handlers took the dispute with Smith for arbitration after the boxer had joined Colin ‘Nomakanjani’ Nathan’s Hot Box Gym in June.
The arbitration set at the Boxing South Africa (BSA) offices in Hatfield, Pretoria, on Thursday and Friday.
According to our source, Smith will continue managing Matikinca until their contract expires in May 2028. While being managed by Smith, the unbeaten Mdantsane-born boxer will train elsewhere.
Contacted for comment, both Smith and Nathan opted not to talk as they were still mulling what their next moves would be.
Meanwhile, having won all his 11 fights, Matikinca fought against Tanzanian Luqman Ngambongali and stopped him in the fifth round in Turffontein, Johannesburg, recently. – Monwabisi Jimlongo
