Hijarunguru vows not to resignBoxing control board chairperson hits back Namibia Professional Wrestling and Boxing Control Board chairperson Ellison Hijarunguru believes he has the right to remain in his position. Under-fire Namibia Professional Wrestling and Boxing Control Board chairperson Ellison Hijarunguru says he will not resign from the board even if people want him to do so. The chairperson said this after three boxing promoters on Tuesday demanded his immediate resignation.
Anita Tjombe, Nestor Tobias and Kinda Nangolo accused the chairperson of leading the control board into disrepute since he was appointed in September.
In an interview with Namibian Sun yesterday Hijarunguru said, “They are not the people to tell me to resign because I was not appointed by them.
“I actually do not have any reason to resign from the board because I have done nothing wrong.
“The truth is I am not shaken by any of this and because of certain people trying to push an agenda.
“Like I told you before, there are forces from outside and inside the boxing control board trying to bring me down.”
The veteran boxing official maintained that he is innocent and has a clear conscience.
He responded to the video footage accusations by insisting that he did not see the incident in which WBF president Howard Goldberg was allegedly assaulted by members of Salute Boxing Promotions.
“I have repeatedly explained this but people still feel that I have done wrong and I actually saw what happened.
“I will not deny that I was there, but I only noticed things happened and I was even the one trying to stop the commotion without actually having a clue of what had happened.”
Hiarunguru warned that divisions among the boxing fraternity will not be good for the sport.
“We are going to have a meeting today (Wednesday) in order to come up with the solution to this matter.
“I expect the board to issue a press release before the end of this week in which we will state our case in this matter and I hope the media will actually show it to the nation,” he said.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA