Batshegi not throwing in towel yet

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Former national team boxer, Thato 'Hands of Steel' Batshegi has made an about turn on his retirement following an embarrassing defeat at the hands of 18-year-old Kagiso Bagwasi in the Keone Mooka Mageu National Championship finals on Saturday.

Batshegi, a former Zone Six and African champion, was humbled by the Mogoditshane Senior Secondary School's Form Five student and afterwards took his bandages off and gave them away.

His gesture gave the impression that the Glenn Valley Boxing Club pugilist was hanging his gloves.The announcer even asked the spectators to give Batshegi a standing ovation for a successful boxing career before he went on TV to bid farewell to the boxing fraternity.

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