Mantengu recovers his stolen IBF All Africa belt

Gang also stole WBF belt in attack

Innocent “Tycoon” Mantengu – a Shembe member from Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal  – says prayer heals all wounds. The former SA boxing champion who is based in Johannesburg was reacting to the recovery of his IBF All Africa junior-featherweight belt that was violently taken away from him in June during a robbery en route to Park Station to board a bus to Durban.

His WBA Pan Africa belt, which he won on May 28 after his hard-fought victory over Luthando Mbumbulawan at the Sandton Convention Centre, is still missing...

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