{"id":107514,"date":"2015-12-08T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107514\/first-class-boxing-action\/"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:00:34","slug":"first-class-boxing-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/12\/08\/first-class-boxing-action\/","title":{"rendered":"First class boxing action"},"content":{"rendered":"

The greatly anticipated Christmas Cracker Box and Dine event took place at Emperors Palace on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Boxing fans witnessed first-class boxing action in the six bouts.<\/p>

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It was a night of technical knockouts (TKOs), as out of the six bouts four ended via TKO.<\/p>\n

The Paul Kamanga vs Roman Zhailauov\u2019s match was a greatly anticipated, as they were vying for the then vacant Pan African Welterweight title.<\/p>

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Both flew into the first round with jabs flying, leaving analysis towards the end of the bout, with lighter jabs.<\/p>\n

The second round saw Kamanga swinging out of control and down on one knee, with many not sure of the cause.<\/p>\n

He made up for the fall with a number of accurate upper cuts.<\/p>\n

From the third round, Kamanga went into each round at full force, landing damaging jabs to the weakening Zhailauov.<\/p>\n

Zhailauov threw back a few retaliation punches, but they were not hard enough to make an impact on his opponent.<\/p>\n

Kamanga\u2019s punches had Zhailauov bleeding,, with a swollen right cheek that seemingly closed up his eye.<\/p>\n

The bout was paused in the fourth round, as Zhailauov\u2019s injury had to be observed by the medical team to see whether he was fit enough to go on.<\/p>\n

Much to Zhailauov\u2019s relief he was granted the opportunity to carry on, as he seemed amped to proceed.<\/p>\n

In the next round Kamanga kept going at his opponent\u2019s injury and worked on his body.<\/p>\n

This round – the fifth – concluded matters, as Kamanga kept up his continuous jabs that led to a TKO two minutes and 18 seconds into the fifth round.<\/p>\n

Full fight-card results:<\/p>\n