Still on ice

Still on iceThird postponement frustrates Jaarman WBA Pan-African super welterweight champion Anthony Jaarman and his promoter, Kinda Nangolo of Kinda Promotions, are disappointed men. Kinda Promotions has had to postpone Anthony Jaarman''s title defence for the third time.

Promoter Kinda Nangolo was left with no choice but to postpone the fight to next year, because South African boxer Nkululeko Mhlongo, who was to fight Jaarman for the WBA Pan-African title, is nursing a shoulder injury.

Mhlongo''s manager wrote to Nangolo that his boxer was unable to fight on 16 December as planned because of the injury he had sustained in a fight against France Ramabolu in October.

Nangolo decided to reschedule the fight for 4 March next year.

The fight was first postponed in April, and again last month.

Speaking to Namibian Sun yesterday, Jaarman said “I am very disappointed and speechless about the no-show.

“I have been working very hard for the fight and I was actually more than ready and was looking very good, my movement is great so I was really looking forward to giving a good show.

“I hope he is really injured because I want to fight him and not any other opponent because he is rated number one in Africa so if I fight another opponent then it is just a long road because I eventually have to fight him,” he said.

He said he would take a break this month and resume training in January.

Jaarman also said that the recent boxing politics had a negative effect on boxers.

“There are many odds in boxing, even out of the ring like politics with the boxing board, and such things really do affect a boxer and are killing boxing,” he said.

KAINO NGHITONGO