Knock-out punches at the Big Top Arena
Although he lost, Katampa must be proud of his performance in what was the first performance of his professional career.
Boxing was in for a treat at the eighth edition of FOX Sports Africa Boxing on Friday night with six fights scheduled.
There were two titles up for grabs and six fights in total.
The evening started with Lebo ‘Machine’ Mashitoa beating Romeo ‘Bololo (Beater)’ Katampa via a technical knockout one minute and 57 seconds into the third round of their international cruiserweight contest.
Katampa started out strong, but seemed to lose momentum as the bout went on.
Mashitoa, who was not rattled by the DRC native’s strong start, came out swinging in the third round and put together a flurry of punches that left Katampa punch drunk.
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Although he lost, Katampa must be proud of his performance in what was the first performance of his professional career.
In the international cruiserweight contest, Limbano ‘Warrior’ Lano beat Mike ‘God’s Boy’ Schutte via majority decision.
The fighters were evenly matched throughout the contest but Lano scored better for his consistency.
Lano’s win takes his fight record to W6 L3 D1. The loss for Schutte was the second of his career and takes his fight record to W1 L2.
A new WBA Pan African Bantamweight Champion was crowned after Tanzanian Fadhili Majiha beat South African Rofhiwa Nemushungwa by a unanimous 113-115, 111-116, 110-117.
The loss for the South African was not a surprise to those who watched the match as the defending champion had a tendency to move on to the ropes.
This left him vulnerable to the big right hand of Majiha, who made his intentions clear from the onset.
Majiha took the fight to the defending champion and his aggressiveness paid off and he wore the defending champion down.
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Surely there are great things to come from the Tanzanian.
Bangile ‘Black Panther’ Nyangeni beat George ‘Panasonic’ Kandulo via a unanimous points decision in the international minimum flyweight contest.
Kandulo simply had no answer for the Black Panther who lived up to his nickname by nipping in and out of range while scoring points with ease.
Nyageni upped the tempo in the later rounds and picked off his opponent at will to claim the sixth win of his career (W6 L1) while Kadulo’s fight record now sits at W3 L2 D1.
In what was surely the upset of the night, Jackson ‘El Jaguar’ Masamba beat Leron ‘The Don’ Myles via knockout two minutes and 54 seconds in round two of an international light heavyweight contest.
The early exchanges at the start of the fight were evenly matched but Masamba grew in confidence as slowly gained the upper hand.
The second round was more of the same as the two fighters went toe-to-toe before a massive overhand right from Masamba sent Myles to the canvas and out for the count.
The victory is Masamba’s first of his career (W1 L3 D2) while it is Myle’s first loss of his career (W5 L1 D1).
In the most anticipated match of the night, crowd favourite Patrick ‘The Panther’ Mukala defended his WBA Pan African Super Middleweight title in stunning fashion and proved why he is so highly rated.
The bout started slowly with each fighter testing the other and trying to find holes in their defence.
Maokola had an early scare in the third round as he was knocked down and it took until the count of eight for him to get back on his feet.
The passionate crowd was on their feet in excitement as they roared their delight in Mukala’s performance.
Unfortunately for Maokola this was only a sign of things to come as Mukala’s devastating right hand put Maokola on the canvas early in the third round with the referee stopping the fight immediately.
The victory for Mukala takes his fight record to W11 L1 while the loss for the Tanzanian takes his fight record to W12 L4 D2.
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