Champagne performance by the 25-year-old Campbell
The bout topped the five-fight Golden Gloves Promotions ‘Razor Sharp’ Box and Dine tournament, which featured five bouts.
South African super-middleweight boxing prospect Rowan Campbell is becoming an increasingly popular draw card at Emperors Palace.
East Rand boxing fans were treated to a champagne performance by the 25-year-old Jo’burg boxer (11-0-7 KO), who retained his IBO Africa super-middleweight title via a seventh round technical knockout victory over Patrick Mukala of the DRC.
Campbell, who has fought all his bouts at the popular gaming and entertainment resort, launched a barrage of blows to his opponents’ head and body and sensing that the tiring Mukala’s resistance was crumbling, referee Tony Nyangiwe waved it over 2 minutes 42 seconds into the round.
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• Junior middleweight Rourke ‘Razor’ Knapp (9-0-1-7 KO) was taken the full distance for only the second time in his nine-fight career, gaining a unanimous 10-round points decision over the rugged Khazak journeyman Aleksandr Zhuravskiy.
• Junior bantamweight Ricardo Malajika (5-0-3 KO), returned to the East Rand and left with the Gauteng junior bantamweight belt around his waist with an impressive fifth round TKO victory over Layton Gloss.
• Boksburg junior lightweight rookie Caydon Truter, out of Harold Volbrecht’s Hammer Gym, gained a four round points decision over southpaw Lopez Maluleke, and junior middleweight Darrin Rossouw made his professional debut with a fourth round TKO victory over Ramsey Hlongwani.
