Boxing bonanza blown away

Boxing bonanza blown away Embalangandja calls for unity in boxing The much-anticipated bout between Kapena Naindjala and Valde Ndayambekwa could not go to the final round as strong winds destroyed the tent where the boxing bonanza was being held. The main bout fight between Kapena Naidjala and Valde 'Swapo' Ndayambekwa was declared a non- contest at Outapi on Saturday night after strong wind blew the tent to the ground during the fourth round of the bout. No one was injured.

The strong gust blew around midnight at the Embalangandja boxing bonanza which was held at the Olufuko centre in Outapi by the Embalangandja Investment CC owned by John Hakaye. Naidjala and Ndayambekwa were battling it out for the junior welterweight national title when the white tent was lifted out of the ground by a strong wind after which rain started to fall.

The more than 100 spectators who wanted to see more of the fight which Naidjala was dominating, had to return home with only the good fights by the five entertaining undercut bouts which took place earlier. Talking to Namibian Sun Naidjala said he was disappointed by what transpired saying that he trained very hard for the fight, which he says was evident the moment he stepped into the ring.

“Even my opponent came to me after the show was interrupted and told me I was too fast for him,” Naidjala said.

This fight was a rematch between Naidjala and Ndayambekwa which took place last year in Outapi as well. Naidjala was the winner of that fight.

Meanwhile, the first undercut bout was between Fillipus Nghitumbwa and Gerson Vaeta which Nghitumbwa won on points after the four rounds of heavy punches and sweat.

The second bout between Josua Ndemunonga and Julius Sheefeni also went all the way as Sheefeni won the four-round bout on points.

Lazarus Namalambo also won his fight against Niikoti Johannes on points after the six rounds lapsed.

One of the highlights of the night was when Shililitha Johannes won by technical knock-out (TKO) when in the second round of the six-round bout he managed to force the team of Kativa Frans to throw in the towel.

Just before the main bout Immanuel Andreki and Matheus Kandala entertained the spectators with their interesting fight which from the onset showed great boxing skills. Andreki won the fight on points after their eight-round fight. Meanwhile before the main bout, Hakaye in the presence of boxing promoters of different stables shared some words of wisdom and encouragement to the boxing fraternity calling for unity amongst all stakeholders.

Hakaye also thanked those that supported him in making the bonanza materialise.

However attempts to get comment from him about the ending of the bonanza failed as he was not reachable at the time of going to print.

Warriors Promotion who promoted the boxing bonanza plans to host a rematch between Naindjala and Ndayambekwa.

KENYA KAMBOWE