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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nLast night in Johannesburg, ESPN Africa Boxing took place in Johannesburg, with superb boxing prowess displayed by some of the continent\u2019s top boxing talent, in front of an exhilarated crowd. This was the inaugural event for the year, with events planned for the last Thursday of every month, to be broadcast live on ESPN, SABC Sport and on ESPN across Latin America, with the aim of showcasing Africa\u2019s boxing talent to an international audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main bout of the evening delivered on all fronts and produced a nail-biting affair with Botswana\u2019s Steven \u2018Small\u2019 Bagwasi winning via split decision (96-94, 94-96, 96-95) against South Africa\u2019s Koos \u2018The Great Last Warrior\u2019 Sibiya in a 10-round Junior Lightweight contest. Overall, it was a magnificent night of boxing in Johannesburg with six enthralling bouts that delivered 33 rounds of action and two knockouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming to you on the last Thursday of every month, ESPN Africa Boxing will feature a minimum of five main fights per event, with a promise to showcase the best of boxing talent from across the continent. The action will also feature one all-female bout per event in order to help grow the sport and provide aspiring young female boxers with a platform. With the immense popularity of the sport on the continent, viewers can look forward to fierce competition as fighters duel for glory in the ring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For updates regarding ESPN Africa Boxing and other sports, fans can connect to @ESPNAfrica on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.espn.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Botswana shines at inaugural ESPN Africa Boxing for 2022 Last night in Johannesburg, ESPN Africa Boxing took place in Johannesburg, with superb boxing prowess displayed by some of the continent\u2019s top boxing talent, in front of an exhilarated crowd. This was the inaugural event for the year, with events planned for the last Thursday of every month, to… Continue reading ESPN Africa Boxing 27 Jan Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[223],"class_list":["post-14092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-espn","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}