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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Boxing trainer Damien Durandt is happy and excited about how his charge, Ntethelelo “Baby G” Nkosi handled himself against equally competent foe, Ju Wu from China, who Nkosi defeated on points over six rounds of their junior welterweight bout in the second phase of the WBC Grand Prix Series on Friday. Nkosi, the former SA champion who vacated his belt to participate in this event, has progressed to the semi finals which will take place in August.
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sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |James Gradidge
Kaine Fourie and Sifiso Hlongwane Perhaps redemption sounds too strong a word to describe the situation former IBF Continental lightweight boxing champion Kaine Fourie finds himself in, going into his fight against Sfiso “Gold” Hlongwane tonight. The 23-year-old Fourie tasted defeat in March, which was his first after going 11 fights undefeated. That loss, a first-round knockout by unknown Zambian boxer Simon Ngoma, was staged by Aquila Boxing Promotions (ABP) at The Galleria in Sandton.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Reagan Apanu and Ntethelelo Nkosi are ready and prepared for Saudi Arabia. Top boxing trainer Nick Durandt says his charges, Ntethelelo “Baby G” Nkosi and Regan “Junior Mosquito” Apanu, are not affected by the hot weather in Saudi Arabia, where the two boxers will be in action in the second phase of the inaugural WBC Grand Prix Series this weekend. “It’s 42 degrees,” Durandt said yesterday.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |Charles McQuillan
Ludumo Lamati punches Nick Ball during the Featherweight fight at The SSE Arena Belfast on May 27, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On July 19 2021, Ludumo Lamati showed grit and determination to come back from the brink of defeat, with blood gushing from two nasty cuts, to win the IBO junior lightweight belt by a deserved unanimous points decision after 12 gruelling rounds against tough-as-leather Mexican Jose Martin Estrada Garcia.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |James Gradidge
Kaine Fourie and Sifiso Hlongwane during the Fistic Havoc boxing tournament press conference at The Galleria on June 17, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Emerging boxing trainer Hloni “The Superstar” Maboko says Kaine “K9" Fourie’s management has underestimated his charge, Sifiso Hlongwane, as a soft target and are in for a surprise.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |Brad Norman
Mean-looking featherweight prospect Bheki Maitse Photo Brad Norman Bheki Maitse will proceed to the next round of the WBC Grand Prix Series and probably win the trophy in the featherweight division of the inaugural tournament that is taking place in Saudi Arabia. This is how former two-weight world champion Zolani Tete feels about the 22-year-old prospect who will be in action in the second phase of this event on Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Boxing promoter Modipadi Kgasago of Mama Rocks Promotion. Boxing promoter Modipadi Kgasago is concerned about the continuous failure by the Limpopo province to produce champions. She says every effort made has not changed anything in terms of producing prospects. The tournaments she has staged in the past, and those that were organised by Joyce Kungwane from Gauteng, were dominated by boxers from outside her province.
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1 week ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. IN THE RING Boxing South Africa COO Mandla Ntlanganiso. File photo Boxing South Africa (BSA) COO Mandla Ntlanganiso has clarified that the recent strategic engagement session held by the Eastern Cape sport department (DSRAC) and the national association with the Eastern Cape Boxing Promoters Association (ECBPA) in East London was initiated by the department.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Great world boxing champions – Welcome “The Hawk” Ncita, Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu, Mbulelo “The Slayer” Botile and Masibulele “Hawk” Makepula – will deliver messages of hope, discipline and encouragement to amateur boxers at Eluxolweni in East London on Saturday, when the Newlands Boxing Academy stages an amateur tournament. It is held every year to commemorate Youth Day, according to Gauteng-based East London boxing referee and judge Pumeza Zinakile.
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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela
Nkosi advanced to the second round after stopping Egyptian boxer Marwan Mohamad Madboly in the third round in April. Nkosi will meet Ju Wu from China in the last-16 at the Global Theatre Boulevard Riyadh City in Riyadh on Friday. He said: “Preparations went well; I can't wait for Friday to do what I am known for.”Regarding his left-handed foe, Nkosi from Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal said: “I saw him in April and I also checked some of his previous fights, he is beatable.
