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Some fights appear more
promising than others. You cant
necessarily explain why, but for
whatever reason certain
encounters are just extra
fascinating, and has a little
extra edge. And when the
match-up is basically
fifty-fifty, boxing fans could
be in for something special.
The World Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Super Welterweight
title fight between Rafael
Bejaran and Nkululeko Mhlongo on
April 2 in Hamburg, Germany is
one of those. It is the main
event of a show promoted by
Boxen Im Norden at famous
concert venue Grosse Freiheit
36.
Bejaran, a former WBO and WBC
regional titlist at
Middleweight, brings a 23-2-1
(10) record to the party, and
WBF Intercontinental and South
African national champion
Mhlongo, appropriately nicknamed
“The Bulldog” due to his
uncompromising fighting-style,
is 16-3 (12).
Mhlongo lost a game challenge
for the WBF World Middleweight
title to Brazilian Isaac
Rodrigues in 2015, coming up
second best on the scorecards,
so he is reportedly extra
motivated to be victorious when
he fights for the vacant WBF
world title at his natural
weight on April 2.
“I
think this is going to be an
amazing fight”, said WBF
President Howard Goldberg.
“Mhlongo has told me that he
plans to take things out of the
judges hands, and go all-out for
the knockout. It makes no
difference to him that the fight
is in his opponents home-town, a
knockout is a knockout anywhere
on the globe.”
Originally from the Dominican
Republic, Bejaran (35) has only
fought in his birth-country once
as a professional. He started
his career in the United States,
winning his first nine outings
in “The land of opportunity”. In
2010 he relocated to Germany,
where he has now boxed sixteen
straight times.
“Bejaran
is a fantastic fighter”, opines
Goldberg. "His style and the
style of Mhlongo will mesh very
well, and I really have a hard
time imagining that this will
not be an amazing fight. I just
have a feeling that the punters
will get fantastic value for
money in Hamburg.”
Headlining a Sunday afternoon
show, the Rafael “Karibik Tiger”
Bejeran vs. Nkululeko “Bulldog”
Mhlongo WBF World title fight
will be preceded by a
well-matched undercard involving
local talent. If the
ring-monikers are anything to go
by, no one will go silently into
the night.
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