{"id":112930,"date":"2016-02-09T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112930\/knockout-day-of-boxing\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T07:09:31","slug":"knockout-day-of-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/02\/09\/knockout-day-of-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Knockout day of boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an explosive Sunday at the Palace of Dreams when Golden Gloves, African Ring and Emperors Palace presented \u201cProspects of the Palace II\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The eleven fight event had both young and old on the edge of their seats, with only five fights making it past the first round.<\/p>

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The first match saw featherweight Nyiko Ndukula take on Anthony Malosane.<\/p>\n

Malosane seemed to be the stronger of the two men from the onset.<\/p>

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Listening to the instructions screamed from his team, he managed to get Ndukula on the ropes on more than one occasion, throughout the four rounds.<\/p>\n

The match ended with Malosane as the winner, by the judges\u2019 unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

The second fight on the card saw the first technical knockout (TKO) of the day when junior flyweights Nyelasani Thamabega and Sihle Lelwane faced-off.<\/p>\n

A well-timed punch to the head, from Thamabega, saw Lelwane falling into the corner in a daze, causing the referee to stop the match and declare Thamabega the winner by TKO, one minute and 31 seconds into the first round.<\/p>\n

Clear fan favourite Joshua Studdard faced off against Mthobisi Nkosi in the junior bantamweight fight.<\/p>\n

Both men were light on their feet from the start but it was Nkosi that seemed to have the upper hand in the early stages of the match.<\/p>\n

This turned around though when, to the delighted cheer of his supporters, Studdard managed to land a key punch to Nkosi\u2019s head, sending him to the ropes where he received a series of quick jabs to the head knocking him out.<\/p>\n

Studdard won the match one minute and 57 seconds into the first round by knockout (KO).<\/p>\n

The main event, and only six-round fight of the day, saw junior flyweights Dee-Jay Kriel and Khotle Morabedi face-off.<\/p>\n

The gruelling match saw both men giving their all through all six rounds.<\/p>\n

However, it was Kriel who was named the winner by a unanimous decision from the the judges.<\/p>\n

Other results on fight-card:<\/strong><\/p>\n