Their 10-rounder will form part of the triple ABU championship event that will be organised by BSA 2023 most promising Promoter of the Year award winner Nomvelo Shezi of Mvelo Boxing Promotion.
“I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity,” he said. “I will crash this guy; I had a great eight weeks camp preparing for this fight. I was at ringside when he fought and lost to John Bopape though it was a while back.”
Khumalo says he once shared the ring with Bukasa. “But that was in sparring,” he said. “I know what to expect; he is a come forward fighter who throws a lot of power punches all the time but I have a master plan to derail him.”
His father and trainer Mlindelwa Khumalo said: “We are ready; we did all that is required for him to prepare. It is up to him to come to the party on Saturday. We know Bukasa but not much and we will manage his energy.”
The boxer’s wish is to become a world champion. “I want to inspire other kids from rural areas so that they must also not lose hope and instead see that one can become anything they want to be for as long as they stay committed to their dreams,” said Khumalo, who has boxed 33 rounds in his eight fights with six wins and two losses.
Bukasa, 32, has a similar fight record to that of Khumalo but fought 27 rounds.
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Nothing will stand on my way to becoming a force to be reckoned with in boxing, warns Phikelelani “Stinger” Khumalo.
The 26-year-old fighter from Mthwalume, south of Durban, is a former footballer who swapped soccer boots for boxing gloves in 2020.
In his sixth fight on September 11 2022, the left-handed former Golden Arrows and Maritzburg United striker in the MultiChoice Diski Challenge claimed the bragging rights as the KwaZulu-Natal junior-middleweight champion with a fifth-round stoppage of Ngcebo Sibiya.
Khumalo retained it with a fifth-round knockout of Sphiwe Ntombela at Olive Convention in Durban on Saturday afternoon.
That win earned him the No 4 spot in Boxing SA’s ratings. He is now gunning for the ABU belt and he will welcome tough-as-nails Gauteng-based Congolese Faustin Bukasa at The Station in Durban on Saturday.
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Their 10-rounder will form part of the triple ABU championship event that will be organised by BSA 2023 most promising Promoter of the Year award winner Nomvelo Shezi of Mvelo Boxing Promotion.
“I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity,” he said. “I will crash this guy; I had a great eight weeks camp preparing for this fight. I was at ringside when he fought and lost to John Bopape though it was a while back.”
Khumalo says he once shared the ring with Bukasa. “But that was in sparring,” he said. “I know what to expect; he is a come forward fighter who throws a lot of power punches all the time but I have a master plan to derail him.”
His father and trainer Mlindelwa Khumalo said: “We are ready; we did all that is required for him to prepare. It is up to him to come to the party on Saturday. We know Bukasa but not much and we will manage his energy.”
The boxer’s wish is to become a world champion. “I want to inspire other kids from rural areas so that they must also not lose hope and instead see that one can become anything they want to be for as long as they stay committed to their dreams,” said Khumalo, who has boxed 33 rounds in his eight fights with six wins and two losses.
Bukasa, 32, has a similar fight record to that of Khumalo but fought 27 rounds.
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