Boxing

The future of Gqeberha's Nozipho Bell is uncertain after she surrendered her SA junior lightweight title to Bernice Ferreira in Pretoria at the weekend marking yet another low point in her career.

Long after the explosive bout between Bongani Fule and Jeff Magagane at Guild Theatre a fortnight ago, their handlers are slugging it out in the boardroom with Boxing SA caught in the middle.

Landile Ngxeke’s camp has shot down reports that a date for his world title shot has already been scheduled for December 13 in Mexico.

Bongani Fule's quest to challenge for the SA featherweight title was boosted after he scored an impressive split points decision win over former champion Jeff Magagane at East London's Guild Theatre on Sunday.

There were mixed reactions to Mdantsane boxer Siyakholwa Kuse's world title loss in Philippines with some saying he was robbed while others felt he did not do enough to end the province's curse of never winning the WBC title.

Siyakholwa Kuse faded in the final rounds to lose a brave challenge for the WBC strawweight crown against Filipino champion Melvin Jerusalem in Manila early on Thursday morning (Wednesday evening SA time).

KayB Promotions insists that the second edition of its development show will go ahead as scheduled at East London’s Guild Theatre on Saturday, despite some boardroom stumbling blocks.

East London boxers cemented their dominance over their Nelson Mandela Bay counterparts when they romped to emphatic stoppage victories at the Lillian Ngoyi Hall in Kwazakhele on Saturday.

The last time Ayabulela Xatyana was in the boxing ring, the spectators held their breath, praying for the recovery of his opponent.

Former two-time world champion Sivenathi Nontshinga will begin his quest towards winning a third title when he faces tough Namibian Jonas Erastus at the Booysen Box Camp in Johannesburg on November 15. The fight will be contested at catchweight as a compromise for the Namibian’s flyweight campaign and Nontshinga’s junior-flyweight, raising questions about the East London boxer’s decision to remain at junior-flyweight despite previously declaring that he would leave the division to move up in ...

Mdantsane’s Siyakholwa Kuse jetted out to the Philippines on Tuesday with the double mission of realising his world title dream and breaking the curse of Eastern Cape boxers never having won a WBC title. Kuse will challenge Filipino Melvin Jerusalem for the WBC mini-flyweight belt — considered the most coveted in boxing — on Wednesday next week.

Landile Ngxeke’s defection has unleashed a flurry of bantamweight contenders to ready themselves to contest the SA bantamweight title. Ngxeke, who has already been mandated to contest the vacant IBF bantamweight belt against Mexican Jose Salas Reyes on a date yet to be determined, is expected to vacate the SA title he won with an injury-enforced fourth-round stoppage of Lusizo Manzana in 2023.

Johannesburg boxing manager Colin Nathan said wheels were in motion for Landile Ngxeke to fight for the IBF bantamweight title after Boxing SA dismissed an objection to the contract he signed two weeks ago. Sada-born Ngxeke dumped long-time handlers Xaba Promotions to join Nathan’s No Doubt Management in pursuit of a world title, sparking a furore in SA boxing circles.

Veteran Gauteng boxing trainer Manny Fernandez is banking on repeating the upset he engineered more than two decades ago when he guides Mdantsane’s Siyakholwa Kuse on a mission-impossible world title clash in the Philippines in two weeks. Kuse will challenge Filipino hero Melvin Jerusalem for the WBC mini-flyweight title in Manila on October 29.

Mdantsane’s Nhlanhla Tyirha has been caught in a tug-of-war between promoters after being billed in tournaments in both November and December. The former SA junior-flyweight champion was announced as among the boxers to feature in the Golden Gloves Promotions show at Emperors Palace on November 29.