AFTER failing to lead Evans Mbamba to victory against SA junior bantamweight champion Miniyakhe Sityatha on Sunday, Nick Durandt has called one of his boxers, Zolani Tete, to take on the Mdantsane schoolboy.
Tete, who is rated No1 in the latest Boxing SA ratings, has also agreed to face Sityatha in what would become an all- Mdantsane affair.
The 22-year-old Sityatha beat Mbamba via a majority decision during a fight that for the most part resembled a wrestling match rather than a boxing contest.
Durandt said: "I'm going to bring Tete to fight Sityatha and I'm confident that we will win the title. Tete is a southpaw just like Mbamba, but he is a more polished fighter and has fought against better boxers. We are prepared to come down here (to East London) if Sityatha's promoter Ayanda Matiti wants us."
Tete, a former World Boxing Foundation flyweight champion, said: "I'm prepared to fight this boy as we should have fought against each other a long time ago. The people of Mdantsane want this fight and I'm going to show boxing followers that I'm better than Miniyakhe."
Sityatha replied: "Nick said the same thing before my fight against Mbamba and they failed to take my title. I'm not afraid of Zolani and I will beat him, as I did Mbamba."
Sityatha was set to defend against Tete, but his Mdantsane homeboy chose to fight in an International Boxing Federation elimination bout, which he lost to Roberto Domingo Sosa last month.
Going back to Sunday's fight, a happy Sityatha, who had been preparing for the fight while at the same time studying for his matric examinations, said: "I'm very happy to have won this fight. But that was not the way I wanted to fight. Mbamba made things difficult for me because he was wrestling instead of fighting."
Sityatha's trainer Lennox Mpulampula was also not impressed with how the fight went.
"We might have defended our title, but I'm very disappointed with how the boxers fought. That was more like a wrestling match than a boxing fight as Mbamba made things difficult for Miniyakhe to show his skills," said Mpulampula.
"I said it before the fight that Mbamba lacks the basics of boxing and he showed that during the fight. We knew that he had nothing to offer though many people thought he would beat Miniyakhe."
Durandt said: "I'm not happy with the way my boxer fought. I have no problem with the outcome of the fight as Sityatha fought well and won.
"This was more like a wrestling match than a boxing clash. I still believe we could have done better had Mbamba fought a different fight."
Tete next in line for Sityatha
AFTER failing to lead Evans Mbamba to victory against SA junior bantamweight champion Miniyakhe Sityatha on Sunday, Nick Durandt has called one of his boxers, Zolani Tete, to take on the Mdantsane schoolboy.
Tete, who is rated No1 in the latest Boxing SA ratings, has also agreed to face Sityatha in what would become an all- Mdantsane affair.
The 22-year-old Sityatha beat Mbamba via a majority decision during a fight that for the most part resembled a wrestling match rather than a boxing contest.
Durandt said: "I'm going to bring Tete to fight Sityatha and I'm confident that we will win the title. Tete is a southpaw just like Mbamba, but he is a more polished fighter and has fought against better boxers. We are prepared to come down here (to East London) if Sityatha's promoter Ayanda Matiti wants us."
Tete, a former World Boxing Foundation flyweight champion, said: "I'm prepared to fight this boy as we should have fought against each other a long time ago. The people of Mdantsane want this fight and I'm going to show boxing followers that I'm better than Miniyakhe."
Sityatha replied: "Nick said the same thing before my fight against Mbamba and they failed to take my title. I'm not afraid of Zolani and I will beat him, as I did Mbamba."
Sityatha was set to defend against Tete, but his Mdantsane homeboy chose to fight in an International Boxing Federation elimination bout, which he lost to Roberto Domingo Sosa last month.
Going back to Sunday's fight, a happy Sityatha, who had been preparing for the fight while at the same time studying for his matric examinations, said: "I'm very happy to have won this fight. But that was not the way I wanted to fight. Mbamba made things difficult for me because he was wrestling instead of fighting."
Sityatha's trainer Lennox Mpulampula was also not impressed with how the fight went.
"We might have defended our title, but I'm very disappointed with how the boxers fought. That was more like a wrestling match than a boxing fight as Mbamba made things difficult for Miniyakhe to show his skills," said Mpulampula.
"I said it before the fight that Mbamba lacks the basics of boxing and he showed that during the fight. We knew that he had nothing to offer though many people thought he would beat Miniyakhe."
Durandt said: "I'm not happy with the way my boxer fought. I have no problem with the outcome of the fight as Sityatha fought well and won.
"This was more like a wrestling match than a boxing clash. I still believe we could have done better had Mbamba fought a different fight."