Boxing South Africa has dismissed accusations by disgruntled members that its board bent its own rules to enable Dicksy Ngqula - who is not licenced by the organisation - to hold his Premier Boxing League tournament.

The Boxing Act stipulates that any person who is not registered by BSA may not hold or take part in a tournament or in any way assist in the holding of such an event.

The accusations were dismissed by BSA boss Ntambi Ravele yesterday. Exacerbating an already contentious situation is Ngqula's subsequent failure to pay the prize money of the winning boxers, totalling R1.8-million. Two months have lapsed since the final took place.

Ravele said: "The PBL project was run through BSA licensed promoters and not Dicksy."

Those promoters are Chris Pondo, Xolani Jamani, Andiswa Madikane, Gabs Mtshala, Sibongekile Kebe and Mbali Zantsi.

"Obviously, we are not happy [with nonpayment of the boxers]. What has happened is not good for boxing and this idea has now brought boxing into disrepute.

"But we are communicating with Dicksy regarding his obligation," she said.

Asked for comment, Ngqula was surprisingly combative.

"We met all other obligations in terms of the agreement we signed with Boxing SA," he said.

"We paid purses with BSA, otherwise the tournament would not have gone ahead."

Regarding paying the prize money, he cited mysterious reasons for failing to do so thus far.

"There is no rule which says prize money must be paid on a specific date. There are reasons why they have not been paid. We would not commit to prize money and not pay.

"Under no circumstances would I run away from my responsibilities. I had challenges which I cannot discuss with anybody for now.

"We are looking at sorting everything out by June."