Unleashed Combat Sport owned by Boxing Promoter Shereen Hunter hosted the second annual Remembering Madiba Professional Boxing Tournament on July 21 at the Union Sports Arena (Portuguese Hall) in Johannesburg South.
The tournament aimed to honour the spirit of the late President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela by using sport as a mechanism to unite South Africans.
It also served to shine a light on the memory of the man who changed the relationship between all South Africans in 1994.
The main bout of the evening at the tournament was an International 10 Round African Boxing Union (ABU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) title between Lancelot Moyo and the popular boxer Kaine Fourie trained by longstanding and well-respected coach Gert Strydom.
Fourie is the current holder of the Gauteng lightweight title and is now also ABU SADC lightweight champion after he defeated Lancelot Moyo who hails from Zimbabwe.
The main supporting bout was an eight-round middleweight bout between rising stars from Meyerton, Donjuan van Heerden, the younger brother of former IBO welterweight champion, Chris van Heerden and his opponent coming up from Port Elizabeth, Durandt Verwey.
The undercards included boxers such as Jasesdal Kayembe challenging Siphiwe Mbhele in the middleweight division, Lukholo Ndlangalavu challenging Pritchard Dube in catchweight, Monica Mkandla challenging Pamela Mutanga in the female junior featherweight division and Tumelo Mphahlele challenging Sacha Thesner in the junior lightweight division.
