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The World Boxing Federation is
still reeling from the shock of
the tragic passing of Mlungisi
'The Shark' Dlamini, lightweight
champion of the world.
We will always remember the
talents of the man and the joy
and excitement he provided to
his thousands of fans over his
career.
I was fortunate to have
supervised his fights against
Gary St Clair and Francisco
Lorenzo where he arguably put up
two of his finest performances.
He would always come to me after
each fight and ask me how I
thought he fought and where he
could do better - such was the
humility of 'The Shark'. I for
one will miss him immensely and
on behalf of the World Boxing
Federation, we once again
express our condolences to his
family.
Exciting news is that Africa
is buzzing with proposed
activity. An All Africa fight
in South Africa in February, an
All Africa fight in Botswana in
March, William Gare defending
his World super middleweight
title in April and three
proposed fights in both South
Africa and Ghana in May.
Europe too is getting busy with
proposed fights in Germany,
Albania and Slovakia with
several more in the pipeline.
There has been much written
about the proposed defence of
our heavyweight king Francois
'The White Buffalo' Botha.
Botha, under contract to SES
Productions, is on the verge of
signing a contract to fight
either late April or early May.
Once this contract is officially
signed, sealed and delivered,
his promoter will release a
statement as to who the opponent
is, the venue and the date.
We are busy finalising the last
few areas of our convention and
all information related thereto
should be on our website within
the next week or two.
Until next time, keep boxing.
Howard Goldberg
PRESIDENT: World Boxing
Federation
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