Two local boxers are eager to fight in upcoming international and continental title fights.
Alan Toweel Boxing Gym’s Sikho ‘Sequence’ Nqothole and Bangile Nyangani will head down to Mthatha, Eastern Cape, were they both grew up and will fight all-important title fights on 23 November.
Nqothole, who held the World Boxing Association junior bantamweight title before he lost it in November last year, will fight Tanzanian Jemsi Kibazange for the International Boxing Organisation title for the same weight.
Nyangani will also fight a Tanzanian, Selemani Bangaiza, for the World Boxing Association’s pan-African mini flyweight title.
Nyangani, a Blairgowrie resident, currently holds the African Boxing Union Southern African Development Community title for the same weight.
The boxers’ trainer, Alan Toweel, believes both upcoming fights will be tough.
“I have seen him [Kibazange] fight. He is a strong, come-forward fighter. This is an even match-up,” Toweel said of Nqothole’s fight.
The local fighter is still optimistic ahead of the clash.
“I feel good and strong going into this fight,” Nqothole said between sparring rounds with Nyangani.
“I have a game plan against every opponent, I am always prepared. I am always putting in more work.”
He said however that he does not underestimate any opponent.
In the other ring, Bangaiza will have more experience than Nyangani, with 21 professional fights (15 wins and six losses) compared to Nyangani’s 11 (nine wins, one loss and one draw).
But the local boxer is also rearing to go,
“This will be a good test for me,” Nyangani said.
“I aim to go the whole 12 rounds and win on points. I am no longer just a knock-out specialist.”
Toweel added that his boxer will have one of the hardest fights of his career so far, but he is ready.
Details: Alan Toweel Boxing Gym 083 555 4634.
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