Osea has his eyes set on the Olympics
Osea Mosehla’s story of how he became a champion goes to show how, if you put effort and time into anything, you can achieve great things.
Growing up Osea was a bullied child, this raised concerns for his parents.
“One of my neighbours spoke to my father about getting me involved in a sport for self defence and discipline,” said Osea.
His father enrolled him in a karate class, this didn’t work out exactly as planned as every time he sparred he wasn’t doing point scoring but was actually physically hitting his opponent, his sensei Joseph Mampa decided then and there to enrol him in light contact kick boxing, his training began at the age of 12 and by age 16 he was fighting fit competing against other fighters.
“I recall my first fight was at the Carousel, I am still at an amateur level of kickboxing but hold a record of 11 wins and a single loss,” he said.
On July 4, Osea headed to the South African Sport Combat Association (SASCA) championships which were held in Centurion. Here he competed against three other fighters in his weight group of less than 75kg.
He won all three of his fights via total knock out, his first and third competitor were knocked out in the first round, one of which was in less than a minute. The second competitor put up a good fight and was only knocked out in the second round of the fight.
Winning at the Carousel, he was presented with the K1 SASCA championship belt, putting him as the top contender on a provincial level. And it doesn’t stop there; he has his eyes set on competing in the Olympics of 2016.
“Kickboxing has built my self esteem and taught me control, it has also taught me to be a positive person and the discipline has taught me to make the right choices,” he said.
He thanks God for giving him the strengths and direction into the sport; he continues to thank his parents, family and friends for their support. He also thanked his Sensei Joseph Mampa, his mentor Ernest, Siphiwe a good friend of his in the sport, and Trevor Clerk from the Warrior family.
“I also want to thank Hannes and Margot from Umlalazi for always supporting me in the sport and giving me the time off that I needed to compete and train,” he said.
Osea ended with the words –
“What ever dream you may have, never give up on it or let it fade away, push until you have what you want and you can achieve anything.”
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