Botswana hosts WBC Pan African title bouts

Landing punches: Botswana has been a hive of professional boxing activity
Landing punches: Botswana has been a hive of professional boxing activity

The Professional Boxing Association of Botswana (PBAB) in partnership with Fox Sport Africa, will host six title bouts at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) tonight.

Four bouts are internationals while the other two are for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African titles.  Boxers are from the hosts, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya.  Boxers from Botswana are Steven Bagwasi, Moabi Ngaka, Kutlwano Ogaketse and Tshephang Babui from D’scud Boxing stable.

PBAB president, Shakes Kebualemang told Mmegi Sport that this is the last event for the year since they had an agreement of a series of events, which started in August.

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