A recent report on allegedly HIV positive boxers using friends' negative results to get their licensees in Eastern Cape has caused a stir in the fight fraternity.
According to Boxing SA's East London provincial manager Phakamile Jacobs, the alleged misrepresentation of facts is caused by the online system of registration and applying for licensees.
The online system was introduced during the height of Covid-19 two years ago. Capturing licenses had previously been done manually through provincial managers who have offices in their homes.
Sowetan sister's newspaper Daily Dispatch broke the story on the new trend of fighters using other people's results. It quoted Jacobs saying: "I know quite a lot of them who do this and if BSA does not put stringent measures (in place) I am afraid we are opening ourselves to libel.”
Mandla Ntlanganiso, BSA’s director of operations, said yesterday: "We have learnt with utter disgust on the allegations that there are boxers faking medical results in the Eastern Cape. These allegations are very serious and - If true - are potentially detrimental to the health of other boxers and the image of the sport.
“Upon learning about these allegations, we will strengthen the licensing process and particularly the medical testing and examination process.
“The BSA medical commission has been informed of these allegations and were requested to act immediately by reviewing the current measures with a view to plugging any gaps that might exist.”
He said part of the immediate measures taken is to strengthen the medical examination process through deploying the BSA appointed doctors during the sparring sessions (where amateur boxers graduate to the professional ranks) to conduct health examinations. This process begins on Saturday in Gauteng, Gqeberha, KwaZulu Natal, then Western Cape on February 20, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo on February 26 and March in North West.
The Daily Dispatch quoted a local doctor who serves in BSA medical committee in East London saying the loophole was a failure by BSA to demand boxers to attach their identity numbers to their test results.
“Names could be similar but an ID number is always unique to when I tested boxers, I used to attach their ID numbers to their results. I don’t know the dynamics of this and I don’t know how the whole system is open to fraud.”
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A recent report on allegedly HIV positive boxers using friends' negative results to get their licensees in Eastern Cape has caused a stir in the fight fraternity.
According to Boxing SA's East London provincial manager Phakamile Jacobs, the alleged misrepresentation of facts is caused by the online system of registration and applying for licensees.
The online system was introduced during the height of Covid-19 two years ago. Capturing licenses had previously been done manually through provincial managers who have offices in their homes.
Sowetan sister's newspaper Daily Dispatch broke the story on the new trend of fighters using other people's results. It quoted Jacobs saying: "I know quite a lot of them who do this and if BSA does not put stringent measures (in place) I am afraid we are opening ourselves to libel.”
Mandla Ntlanganiso, BSA’s director of operations, said yesterday: "We have learnt with utter disgust on the allegations that there are boxers faking medical results in the Eastern Cape. These allegations are very serious and - If true - are potentially detrimental to the health of other boxers and the image of the sport.
“Upon learning about these allegations, we will strengthen the licensing process and particularly the medical testing and examination process.
“The BSA medical commission has been informed of these allegations and were requested to act immediately by reviewing the current measures with a view to plugging any gaps that might exist.”
He said part of the immediate measures taken is to strengthen the medical examination process through deploying the BSA appointed doctors during the sparring sessions (where amateur boxers graduate to the professional ranks) to conduct health examinations. This process begins on Saturday in Gauteng, Gqeberha, KwaZulu Natal, then Western Cape on February 20, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo on February 26 and March in North West.
The Daily Dispatch quoted a local doctor who serves in BSA medical committee in East London saying the loophole was a failure by BSA to demand boxers to attach their identity numbers to their test results.
“Names could be similar but an ID number is always unique to when I tested boxers, I used to attach their ID numbers to their results. I don’t know the dynamics of this and I don’t know how the whole system is open to fraud.”
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