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UThomas “Tommy Gun” Oosthuizen usethubeni lokulwela isicoco nompetha we-World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight uBadou Jack.
Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuthi u-Oosthuizen onekhono kodwa ophambukile ahlule uMusa “Hitman” Ntege wase-Uganda ngomzuzwana ka-63 emzuliswaneni wokuqala bebanga isicoco ebesingenamuntu se-African Boxing Union (ABU) cruiserweight e-Carousel Casino e-Hammanskraal, e-Tshwane ngeSonto.
Isibhakela esinamandla somshayisibhakela (34) siphume ngokushesha ngensimbi yokuvula impi saqonda ngqokuNtege omncane samshaya kathathu ngaphambi kokuthi unompempe uThabo Spampool emise impi.
Ompetha be-ABU balinganiswa i-WBC njengoba lezi zinhlangano ezimbili zisebenzisana.
UJack usanda kuqeda ukubusa kweminyaka emithathu kuka-Ilunga Makabu njengompetha we-WBC e-Saudi Arabia.
Uphromotha ka-Oosthuizen, uJanie Hebler utshele i-Scrolla.Africa ukuthi uma eqhubeka nokwenza kahle uzozibeka ethubeni lokungena ohlwini lomhlaba.
Uma egcina elitholile ithuba bese eyawina uzolandela ezinyathelweni zabashayisibhakela ababili ababengompetha bomhlaba be-WBC super middleweight uThulani Malinga kanye noDingaan Thobela.
“Lena impumelelo enkulu kuThomas ngoba uma engavikela isicoco sakhe kathathu uzonyuka ohlwini,” kusho uHebr.
“Kwazi bani, umpetha we-WBC angase amkhethe ngokuzithandela. Kodwa uThomas uyazi ukuthi kumele aqhubeke nokusebenza kanzima ngoba kunzima esigabeni se-cruiserweight.”
Lowo owayengumpetha wakuleli nakwi-International Boxing Organisation super middleweight uthuthukise irekhodi lakhe wawina amahlandla angu-32, walwa ngokulingana kathathu, wahlulwa kabili.
Ukuwina kwakhe okuyisishiyagalolunye kwaba ngokwe-knockout.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UThomas Oosthuizen
Umthombo wesithombe: Tapology