At the luxurious Bay Hotel in
Camps Bay, Cape Town, South
African boxing fans were treated
to an outstanding display of
boxing when local superstar
Mzuvukile Magwaca retained his
World Boxing Federation All
Africa Light Flyweight title.
Magwaca put on a magnificent
performance and dominated
resilient and game, but
outclassed, Ghanaian Joseph
Martey before eventually forcing
referee Eddie Marshall to
intervene in round nine, much to
the delight of the sold-out
crowd.
At that point the champion, who
moves his professional record to
12-0-1 (8), was pounding a
helpless Martey (8-3, 2 KOs), on
the ropes, making it a
well-timed stoppage.
In the evening’s co-feature WBF
International Lightweight
Champion Vusumzi Tyatyeka was
given a tough challenge from
Hungarian Gyorgy Mizsei Jr.,
although the home-man was in
control most of the fight.
Tyatyeka eventually won on
points after an entertaining
bout, with judges Elroy
Marshall, Clifford Mbelo and
Rassie Erasmus scoring in his
favor with 117-111, 118-110 and
118-110 tallies. Tyatyeka is now
17-2 (14), and Mizsei falls to
12-6 (7).
In Differdange, Luxembourg,
Roman Belaev of Russia captured
the vacant WBF Intercontinental
Welterweight title when he
scored a stunning knockout of
Kenyan Nasser Athumani in round
nine.
The fight, which was fought in
an almost empty venue as most
spectators had left by 1:30 AM
when the bout started, was
competitive throughout, and the
more experienced Athumani gave
Belaev plenty to think about
with his southpaw style, and
often gave as good as he got.
After round eight Athumani had
some balance problems, but
insisted on continuing and was
allowed to by referee and
doctor. However, in the
following round he was caught by
a powerful shot from Belaev
while turning away and the fight
was over at 1:03 of the round.
At the time of the stoppage
judge Domique Schmit had the
bout 77-75, Hans Joachim Klage
79-73 and Artur Ellensohn 80-72,
all in favor of Belaev who
improved his record to 12-0
(10). Athumani drops to 23-10-3
(17).
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