UFuzile kulindeleke ukuthi abeke iNingizimu Afrika ebalazweni

Linda Ximba

Umdlali waseNingizimu Afrika, u-Azinga Fuzile, usegunyazwe ukuthi alwele ibhande le-IBF junior lightweight ebhekene nesihlabani sase-Japan, uKenichi Ogawa.

Impi izoba se-Madison Square Garden e-New York mhla zingama-27 kuLwezi.

UFuzile oneminyaka engama-25 wase-Duncan Village e-Eastern Cape, uzoqhudelana empini enkulu yokweseka isicoco se-IBF, i-WBA Super ne-WBO lightweight nomdlali waseMelika uTeofimo Lopez noGeorge Kambosos Junior wase-Australia.

UFuzile uhleli endaweni yesibili emhlabeni, endaweni engaphezu kuka-Ogawa oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, ongakaze ahlulwe eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye edlule.

Imenenja kaFuzile eyawina indondo, uCollin Nathan usebenzisana eduze ne-Rumble Africa Promotion (i-RAP), eyasiza uFuzile ukuba angenele impi yakhe yokulwa ebhekene noMartin Ward waseNgilandi e-Las Vegas ngoNhlaba. 

UFuzile wayinqoba ngomzuliswano wesikhombisa.

“Leli ithuba elihle ku-Azinga. Ngokungangabazeki uzokwenza iNingizimu Afrika iziqhenye,” kusho uNathan ngokuzethemba.

UFuzile uzoya empini ka-Ogawa esemise izimbangi zakhe eziyisishiyagalolunye kwabayi-15 zokugcina ehlulwa u-Shavkhat Rakhimov, kanti u-Ogawa usahlulwe kanye wawina  amahlandla angama-25 ngokushaywa ngama-knockouts ayi-18.

Kulindeleke ukuthi uFuzile enze konke okusemandleni uma kubhekwa iNingizimu Afrika edonsa kanzima ngemuva kokuthi uMoruti Mthalane owaziwa ngelikaBaby face ehlulwe isicoco se-IBF flyweight ezinyangeni ezine ezedlule eMelika.

Ngenxa yalokho, iNingizimu Afrika ayinaye umpetha womhlaba othembekile. UFuzile uthwele kanzima emahlombe akhe ukuze anqobe abuyisele iNingizimu Afrika ebalazweni lamazwe ngamazwe.

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