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A little bit of history is set
to be made, as the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) will sanction
its first championship fight in
Botswana, when local man
Tshepang Babui squares off with
South African Tholumusa Ngema
for the vacant International
Super Bantamweight title.
On May 17 at Boipuso Hall in the
capital city of Gaborone, the
fight will headline a show
promoted by Scud Missile
Promotions, and will be preceded
by a strong undercard featuring
some of the country´s most
promising prospects.
With a record of 6-2-2 (3),
“Gear Box” Babui is taking part
in his first main event fight,
but with the home-crowd behind
him he should be considered a
slight favourite against
KwaZulu-Natal´s Ngema, who
brings a 5-1-2 (2) ledger to the
party.
WBF President Howard Goldberg:
“I am thrilled to be going back
to the beautiful country of
Botswana, for what will
hopefully be the first of many
WBF title fights there.”
“It
is with great pleasure that we
see the return of international
championship boxing in Botswana,
and a big congratulations is in
order to promoter Thuso
Khubamang and president of PBAB
Shakes Kebualeang for their hard
work.”
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