GALLERY: Southerners show mettle at High Noon

Southerners showed their mettle in front of a packed crowd during one of the most exciting development boxing tournaments of late.

High Noon was presented by Golden Gloves Promotions, in conjunction with African Ring, on April 8 at Emperors Palace, boasting five development bouts and the World Boxing Council, WBC, featherweight title fight over 12 rounds.

The WBC belt went the full distance and the spectators had to wait till the end of the fight to see who the eventual winner of the prestigious belt will be. Lerato Dlamini and Sydney Maluleka fought for the vacant WBC International featherweight crown and no inch was given by any boxer. It was pure the will of who wants the crown the most at the end of the 12 rounder.

Dlamini showed his perseverance by beating Maluleka by a mere split decision called by the judges. The WBC’s fourth-round tally had Maluleka in the lead where the eighth had it at 76 points for each fighter and the final say in favour of Dlamini was the split decision to hand him the crown.

Southerners show that boxing is still well and alive as Julian Cooke from Box Office, under the guidance of Anton Gilmore, proved his worth by hammering fellow southerner, Antonelle Maree, who is under the watchful eye of Raymond Cerfonteyn. Cooke’s overhand bomber to the chin of Maree made him win by TKO, 1:07 seconds in the third round of the cruiserweight contest over four rounds.

Leron Myles from the South boxing under Alan Toweel, had kept his cool during an onslaught from his opposition, Moses Bila, to send Bela him to the canvas in the first round 2:19 seconds. Myles showed that his defence was top notch as he won the cruiserweight bout over six rounds.

The first bout of the afternoon went to Michael Markram versus Karabo Mokupi in the light-heavyweight contest over four rounds. The bout went to Markram with a unanimous point’s decision by the judges, all scored 39/37.

In the middleweight bout which was considered to be the legacy fight of the day, when Marcel Botha, son of famous heavyweight boxing champion, Fransie ‘The White Buffalo’ Botha, who mainly fought in Europe and Wynand Mulder was short lived as the fight ended in the first round. Mulder winning the six rounder by TKO in the first round 42 seconds.

Replacing Lucky Monyebane at the last minute, Anthony Maloisane stepped up to the challenge to face Sibusiso Zingange. The eight round bout in the catchweight division ended in a draw, but both boxers gave good account of themselves.

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