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With no fans in attendance,
promoter Nomvelo Shezi staged an
early afternoon card on Saturday
March 13 at the old town hall in
Pietermartizburg, South Africa,
headlined by two World Boxing
Federation (WBF) title fights.
Andile Mntungwa fought what was
probably the fight of his life,
beating former South African
national champion Lee Dyer to
win the vacant WBF All Africa
Super Middleweight title.
It was entertaining and
competitive all the way, but in
the end Mntungwa was deservedly
declared the winner by unanimous
decision, as judges Thokozani
Ncube, Bulelwa Mthembu and Sipho
Zondo all scored it in his
favor: 97-93, 96-94 and 99-93.
Winning his first professional
championship in a stop-start
career which began in 2011,
Mntungwa took his deceiving
record to 6-4-1 (4), and Dyer,
also a former ABU Southern
Region titlist, falls to 7-4-2
(6).
In the co-feature, younger
brother Siphesihle Mntungwa, now
6-1-2 (3), fought to a draw with
Malawian Romeo Makwakwa, now
9-6-1 (6), leaving the WBF All
Africa Lightweight title vacant
after ten very close and
action-packed rounds of boxing.
Judges Thokozani Ncube and
Bulelwa Mthembu couldn't
separate the two, both scoring
the fight 95-95. Judge Sipho
Ndongeni scored it 96-94 for
Mntungwa, making it a majority
draw.
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