{"id":124823,"date":"2016-06-15T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124823\/ibo-minimumweight-champion-crowned-at-emperors\/"},"modified":"2016-06-16T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:25:43","slug":"ibo-minimumweight-champion-crowned-at-emperors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/06\/15\/ibo-minimumweight-champion-crowned-at-emperors\/","title":{"rendered":"IBO minimumweight champion crowned at Emperors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The home of tournaments, Emperors Palace, in association with Golden Gloves hosted the Night of Reckoning boxing tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamite box-and-dine event took place on June 11, and featured five explosive bouts.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124826\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS2_66756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124826\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS2_66756-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Simphiwe Khonco (left) lands a hard-felt punch to his opponent, Siyabonga Siyo, on his way to claiming the IBO minimumweight champion of the world title.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS2_66756-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS2_66756-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS2_66756.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simphiwe Khonco (left) lands a hard-felt punch to his opponent, Siyabonga Siyo, on his way to claiming the IBO minimumweight champion of the world title.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Die-hard boxing fans witnessed the likes of Chaz Wasserman, Joshua Studdard, Simphiwe Khonco and Johnny Muller live in action.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124825\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS1_89362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124825\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS1_89362-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Johny Muller\u2019s (left) face is met by a blow from his international cruiserweight division opponent, Micki Nielsen, during their bout at the Night of Reckoning boxing tournament held at Emperors Palace on June 11.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS1_89362-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS1_89362-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/25GCNSPORTSBOXIPS1_89362.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johny Muller\u2019s (left) face is met by a blow from his international cruiserweight division opponent, Micki Nielsen, during their bout at the Night of Reckoning boxing tournament held at Emperors Palace on June 11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Headlining the bout card was Kevin Lerena who took on Roberto Bolonti over 10 rounds in the international cruiserweight division.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Full fightcard results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiston Kabamba (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Chaz Wasserman (South Africa) fought four rounds in the light heavyweight division. It was a draw.<\/li>\n<li>Ayanda Nkosi beat Joshua Studdard on points over six rounds in the junior featherweight division.<\/li>\n<li>In the international cruiserweight division, South African Kevin Lerena beat Roberto Bolonti (Argentina) on points over 10 rounds.<\/li>\n<li>In the international cruiserweight division, Johnny Muller (South Africa) was beaten by Micki Nielsen (Denmark) on points over 10 rounds.<\/li>\n<li>Simphiwe Khonco beat Siyabonga Siyo over 12 rounds and was crowned the IBO minimumweight champion of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/120131\/the-brawl-for-it-all\/\">The brawl for it all<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123732\/emperors-hosts-psl-awards\/\">Emperors hosts PSL Awards<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='6085ae1d6adb3f8b7d560536c5f2d383'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing fanatics witnessed five action-packed bouts at the Night of Reckoning boxing tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":124824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[11349,1964,3387,1120,11348,7841,980,11347,1106,979,969,11354,5352,11350,5353,6247,6603,6040,6604,11352,11346,11283,11282,2749,11351,8417,11353,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-124823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-ayanda-nkosi","tag-boxer","tag-boxers","tag-boxing","tag-chaz-wasserman","tag-emperors","tag-emperors-palace","tag-fiston-kabamba","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-ibo-minimumweight","tag-johnny-muller","tag-joshua-studdard","tag-kevin-lerena","tag-local-sport-news","tag-local-sport-stories","tag-local-sports-news","tag-local-sports-stories","tag-micki-nielsen","tag-night-of-reckoning","tag-night-of-reckoning-box-and-dine","tag-night-of-reckoning-boxing-tournament","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-roberto-bolonti","tag-simphiwe-khonco","tag-siyabonga-siyo","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["Ayanda Nkosi","boxer","boxers","Boxing","Chaz Wasserman","Emperors","Emperors Palace","Fiston Kabamba","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","IBO minimumweight","Johnny Muller","Joshua Studdard","kevin lerena","local sport news","Local sport stories","Local Sports News","Local sports stories","Micki Nielsen","Night of Reckoning","Night of Reckoning box and dine","Night of Reckoning boxing tournament","Puleng Sekabate","Roberto Bolonti","Simphiwe Khonco","Siyabonga Siyo","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}