Mopani boxers shines at provincial tournament
Mopani district shined at the Limpopo provincial boxing championships recently with seven of eight boxers qualifying for the national championships.
The stage was set at the Malamulele community hall where boxers battled it out for spots on the national championships later this year in Cape Town.One of the boxers, Katekani Khosa who started boxing last year said he was proud of himself.“I see a lot of improvement from the time I started and now, my technique is smoother and faster.I have been training a lot with the goal that I want to be one of the best in the district and province.”
He said the past weekend was tough as he met an equally talented boxer in the bout that saw him qualify for the nationals. Speaking on his training regimen, Khosa said it was tough as he had to drop a lot of weight and make changes to his diet all the while maintaining the intensity in his training which paid off. He said he was going to go all out in preparing for the nationals to bring a championship back to the province and district.
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A female boxer, Musa Rikhotso who also qualified for the championship said she started boxing in 2017 and has been working hard to reach this level as she has reached the provincials before but this is the first time she qualifies for the nationals. “I am happy and will prepare hard to win this bout. I want to go all the way and make a professional career out of this,” said Rikhotso.
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Bunch Boxing Club coach Jeffrey Ngobeni said he was happy with the achievements of the Mopani boxers this past weekend as they prepared hard for it. “We had two training camps prior to the provincial championship and it was intense. We are probably going to have three training camps as we prepare for the SA championships in Cape Town later this year.”
Ngobeni who was also selected to be one of the coaches to lead Limpopo boxers at the championships said he was honoured and was encouraged to work even harder with the boxers as they endeavour to get winning results. “I hope to learn from the best during the championship, our district and province will never be the same, we will do our best to make everyone proud.”
