{"id":116340,"date":"2016-03-30T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116340\/blood-sweat-and-hard-hitting-action\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T08:28:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T06:28:27","slug":"blood-sweat-and-hard-hitting-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/03\/30\/blood-sweat-and-hard-hitting-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood, sweat and hard-hitting action"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a night of upsets as not one but two champion boxers lost their title fights.<\/p>\n

The championship bouts were part of Supercharged<\/a>, an explosive box and dine evening that featured four action-packed bouts hosted by Emperors Palace, in association with Golden Gloves.<\/p>

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The fist fight of the evening was a non-title six-round bout between Joshua Studdard and Morabedi Khotle.<\/p>\n

Studdard, the crowd favourite, dedicated the fight to his father who died a few weeks ago.<\/p>

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The two men wasted no time, starting the first round with a number of strong jabs, but it was Studdard who managed to get the upper hand forcing Khotle onto the ropes.<\/p>\n

The bout made it to the final round with both men giving their all and pushing to the last second.<\/p>\n

The match-up was won by Studdard by unanimous judges\u2019 decision; two judges scored the match 58\/56 and the final judge 59\/55 all in favour of Studdard.<\/p>\n