{"id":86969,"date":"2015-04-21T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/86969\/blow-by-blow-action-at-emperors\/"},"modified":"2015-04-21T10:02:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T08:02:28","slug":"blow-by-blow-action-at-emperors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/04\/21\/blow-by-blow-action-at-emperors\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow-by-blow action at Emperors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing fans were treated to first class boxing action at the Hurricane Box and Dine Tournament, which was held at Emperors Palace, last Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n

Presented by African Ring, in association with Golden Gloves and ChesaNyama, there were six bouts on the fight card.<\/p>

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The main attraction of the night saw Lungisa Jikani and Warren Joubert vying for the South African junior welterweight title.<\/p>\n

Scheduled for 12 rounds, the fight went the full distance.<\/p>

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The first minutes of the first round were dedicated to analysing, as both fighters seemed dedicated to learning each other’s techniques.<\/p>\n

More body work and shots, from both fighters, were witnessed towards the end of the round.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the easy first round the beginning of the second round was more hyped with more punches.<\/p>\n

It is quite evident that both Jikani and Joubert are skilled fighters as they fought with tact and accurate timing when throwing punches.<\/p>\n

During the bout, the coaches kept encouraging their fighters to “work on the body”.<\/p>\n

It was during the third round when real action was witnessed, with Joubert releasing several left hooks on target.<\/p>\n

Joubert must have realised that his left hook jabs were working in his favour as they had Jikani blocking more and jabbing less.<\/p>\n

As in all the other bouts, both fighters were energetic at the beginning of every round, but the energy seemed to fade as they eased into the round.<\/p>\n

In the ninth round, Jikani resorted to blocking punches and retaliation throws as Joubert had him cornered.<\/p>\n

During the last “do or die” round boxing fans were on their feet as the fighters attempted to score last minute points.<\/p>\n

Jikani managed to put in a few accurate throws in this round.<\/p>\n

At the end of the bout, the judges scored the fight; 118-110, 119-110 and 118-109, making Joubert the winner, by unanimous decision, and the new South African junior welterweight champion.<\/p>\n

The full fight card results:<\/p>\n