SEPTEMBER DATE FOR NONTSHINGA WORLD TITLE FIGHT
The date for Sivenathi ‘Special One’ Nontshinga’s world title fight against Mexican Hector ‘Baby Bull’ Flores in Mexico has been changed to Saturday, 3 September (Sunday, 4 September, South African…
HADEBE TO DEFEND ABU TITLE
Simangele ‘Smash’ Hadebe is scheduled to defend her African Boxing Union (ABU) female flyweight title in Johannesburg on Thursday, 25 August. Hadebe is going to put her crown on the…
KOTANA EYES CHAUKE’S CROWN
By Monwabisi Jimlongo After three failed attempts by Eastern Cape boxers to dethrone South African champion Jackson ‘M3’ Chauke, Sinethemba Kotana wants to succeed where his home boys failed. Kotana…
MNGUNI DEFEATS SRI LANKAN TO REACH SEMIS
Phiwokuhle Mnguni has pushed her way into the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games currently underway in Birmingham, England, on Thursday afternoon. Mnguni stopped Sri Lankan Sajeewani Muthuthanthri in the third…
KOMANISI TAKES AIM AT MUNYAI’S TITLE
Hunger for success is going to be the main driver when Lusanda ‘Mexican’ Komanisi challenges Tshifhiwa ‘Atomic Spider’ Munyai next month. Komanisi is aiming to dethrone South African lightweight champion…
BONGCO REACHES SEMI-FINALS
Simnikiwe Bongco has advanced to the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games currently underway in Birmingham, England. This comes after Bongco defeated Kemrond Moses from Grenada in a middleweight quarter-final bout…
BUDLER, TERAJI FIGHT LATER THIS YEAR
South Africa’s most successful boxer Hekkie ‘Hexecutioner’ Budler might challenge World Boxing Council (WBC) junior-flyweight champion Kenshiro ‘The Amazing’ Teraji later this year. This was revealed by Budler’s trainer Colin…
MTHALANE WANTS TO BOW OUT WITH A BANG
By Monwabisi Jimlongo A boxing career spanning more than two decades is set to come to an end when former world champion Moruti ‘Babyface’ Mthalane laces his gloves for the…
BOPAPE AIMING HIGH
John ‘Section 29’ Bopape was somewhat surprised that his fight against Snamiso Ntuli from Ladysmith didn’t go the full distance on Sunday. The South African middleweight champion stopped Ntuli in…
GINGQI HAPPY MAGAGANE HAS SIGNED TO FIGHT HIM
By Monwabisi Jimlongo Having signed a contract to defend his South African featherweight title, champion Asanda ‘Dynamite’ Gingqi is happy that Jeff Magagane has finally put pen to paper to…
