{"id":64621,"date":"2014-07-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/64621\/first-class-boxing-at-emperors-palace\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:54:30","slug":"first-class-boxing-at-emperors-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/07\/29\/first-class-boxing-at-emperors-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"First class boxing at Emperors Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing fanatics witnessed first class boxing at the Hot Shots Box and Dine event, at Emperors Palace,\u00a0 on July 15.<\/p>\n

Two Germiston boxers also took part in the tournament.<\/p>

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The first bout, a bantamweight match, was cancelled due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n

This then made the second bout, contested by featherweights Katlehong’s Ayanda Nkosi and KZN’s Ricardo Hiraman, the first bout of the night, by default.<\/p>

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Both boxers were energetic and headed straight for jabbing, leaving no room for analysis.<\/p>\n

As they went further into the first round, Nkosi started to show dominance, with more accurate and firmer blows which left Hiraman resorting to nothing but blocking his opponent’s punches.<\/p>\n

More action was witnessed in the second round, as Hiraman came back stronger and more determined, with retaliation punches.<\/p>\n

This didn’t rattle Nkosi, as he knew where and when to strike and continued to corner the defenceless and bleeding Hiraman.<\/p>\n

Both fighters were frustrated in the fourth and final round, as neither was willing to back down, which was cause for more aggressive blows.<\/p>\n

The four-round bout ended in a unanimous decision of 36-40, 37-39 and 36-40 points, in favour of Nkosi.<\/p>\n

The junior welterweight bout, which was contested by Primrose’s Grant Fourie and KZN’s Thulani Mbatha, was one of the shortest bouts of the night.<\/p>\n

Though both fighters seemed to analyse each other in the beginning, Fourie landed more punches.<\/p>\n

What ended this match was one powerful accurate jab by Fourie, which saw Mbatha down on his knees, unable to recover and ultimately being escorted to his corner.<\/p>\n

This resulted in Fourie winning the bout through a technical knockout (TKO), two minutes and seven seconds into the first round.<\/p>\n

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