Local female boxer Raider Muleba is deeply disappointed with HSP Boxing Promotions' decision to postpone the Boxing Thriller Tournament, which was scheduled to take place in Tzaneen on Friday, 30 September.
Muleba was scheduled to fight Kholosa Ndobayane from the Eastern Cape for the vacant lightweight championship title. She said she received the bad news of the cancelled tournament after her Friday workout with her coach, John Nemakonde.
"I put in three months of hard work for this title. I am so disappointed. I will have to take a break for a week, and then go back to training. Getting a shot at a title fight in your own province is not easy. I hope it will still take place in Limpopo, once they decide to go forward with it," she said.
Nemakonde was equally upset about the postponement. "We worked very hard for this fight and Muleba is in her best shape ever at the moment. The opponent was not going to last for more than four rounds in the ring; we were going to knock her out," he said.
Meanwhile, the managing director of HSP Boxing Promotions, Mr James Mathonsi, said the tournament was postponed for reasons beyond their control but that he should have the new date available later this week or early next week.