Tando Zonke, the chairperson of the newly elected committee of the Eastern Cape Boxing Promoters Association (ECBPA), has described the meeting they held with the Boxing SA delegation in East London last Saturday as successful.

He said the meeting was attended by the ECBPA executive elected during a two-day annual general meeting (AGM) at Scenery Park Hall in East London in May.

ECBPA executive members are Andile Bakubaku (deputy chair), Bongani Zulu (secretary), Mlungisi Siyo (deputy secretary), Sbongile Kebe (treasurer), Koko Godlo, Monica Goci, Mbulelo Mfama, Chris Pondo and Lutando Nqanqala who are additional members of the ECBPA.

BSA was represented by chairman Peter Ngatane, board members Khulile Radu and Luthando Jack and BSA CEO Tsholofelo Lejaka. They met with ECBPA executive in East London to outline challenges facing boxing in the province.

"We had constructive discussions in relation to the legitimacy of the current structure. We agreed that there was a dispute on the correctness of the constitution that was submitted to BSA.

"BSA has to work towards the unity and cohesion of promoters in the Eastern Cape," he added.

Zonke said other matters discussed with the BSA delegation were the contradiction between boxing regulations and the Boxing Act, payment of sanctioning fees, minimum purse monies for boxers and minimum payment for officials.

"We have already set up subcommittees to work on challenges relating to those matters," said Zonke.

BSA boss Lejaka said: "The roadshow was successful and it was two-fold. The fact-finding mission was with regards to listening to disputes among promoters.

"The critical issue of us going down there was to flag certain decisions from the board of BSA.

We will then process the information received with the entire BSA board and make a statement once the board has pronounced itself."

*An earlier version of the story erroneously reported that BSA chairman Peter Ngatane, board members Khulile Radu and Luthando Jack as well as CEO Tsholofelo Lejaka are additional members of the Eastern Cape Boxing Promoters Association (ECBPA) when they were BSA's delegates who met the ECBPA executive. We regret the error.