BOXERS KEPT APART AFTER BUST-UP

(Guest writer)

MBABANE - Two international fighters on the Fox Sport Africa Boxing promotion tournament have been kept apart ahead of their WBA Pan African super-welterweight title fight at the Royal Swazi Spa tomorrow night.

Namibia’s Anthony Jarmann and his Tanzanian opponent Salehe Mkalekwa have been allotted rooms at different ends of the Lugogo Sun Hotel, after an altercation on the evening they arrived in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Fortunately, WBA official, Stan Christodoulou was in the hotel lobby and averted a bust-up in the full view of guests, who were checking in at the time.

Christodoulou said he thought there was something said in the coach on the route from Johannesburg to the kingdom and it spilled over on arrival.

A lot at stake

“It’s characteristic of fighters to snap at each other,” Christodoulou said. “There’s a lot at stake for both fighters – Jarmann wants to regain his crown he lost in Botswana earlier this year and Mkalekwa, a late replacement for Gutram Ngoya, has a considerable more to prove as he wants to let the promoters know that he should not have been overlooked in the first place.

“From what I can see, this WBA Pan African title fight is going to be an awesome battle for honours. Jarmann wants to return home as a champion and wants to fight in front of his home crowd later this year as the title holder.
“Mkalekwa on the other hand wants to spoil that dream. It could be war in the ring.”

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