Weigh-in completed, all set for Stand and Deliver
Golden Gloves’ eagerly awaited Stand and Deliver fight night’s build-up formalities concluded with the official weigh-in at Emperors Palace on Friday, March 13.
The decorated fight card, which consists of four 12-round title fights, kicks-off this year’s boxing season and is headlined by the opinion-splitting clash between Ryno ‘The Lion’ Liebenberg and Thomas ‘Tommy Gun’ Oosthuizen for the vacant IBO Light Heavyweight Title.
Co-headlining the event will be a fight for the WBA African Middleweight Title contested between Dowayne Combrink and Giovanni Bushby.
Ghana international Richard Commey, who will entertain Thompson Mokwana for the Commonwealth Lightweight belt, comfortably made the weight limit unlike his opponent, who failed his initial attempt.
Mokwana weighed-in at 61.25kg, surpassing the 61.24kg limit. Determined to make the cut, the boxer removed his shorts but still failed to make it inside the limit. That prompted Mokwana to return for a third attempt after a few minutes, which proved successful.
Light heavyweights Liebenberg and Oosthuizen had no problems in making it inside their 79.38kg limit, hitting the scale at 79kg and 79.35kg respectively.
Weigh-in results:
Bout 1: South African Junior Lightweight Title
Weight limit 58.97kg
Ashley Dlamini 58.86kg
Jasper Seroke 58.94kg
Bout 2: Commonwealth Lightweight Title
Weight limit 61.24kg
Thompson Mokwana 61.20kg
Bout 3: WBA African Middleweight Title
Weight limit 72.58kg
Dowayne Combrink 72.40kg
Giovanni Bushby 72.35kg
Bout 4: IBO vacant Light Heavyweight Title
Weight limit 79.38kg
Ryno Liebenberg 79kg
Tommy Oosthuizen 79.35kg -@SabeloBoksburg
