Scara Spills Gearbox Oils

Onkarabile Scara Mothibedi defeated Gearbox Babui to win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa Super Bantum weight title PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Onkarabile Scara Mothibedi defeated Gearbox Babui to win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa Super Bantum weight title PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Onkarabile Scara Mothibedi spilled the oils from Gearbox Babui to win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa Super bantam weight title through a unanimous decision.

The highly charged bout was held at GICC on Saturday night. The build up to the bout was emotional for Gearbox after he failed to make the weight, clocking 4kg over weight.

Odds were against Gearbox but he started the first round on fire taking the fight to Scara and some people thought he would not reach round 12. It was the first time a belt title was contested for in Botswana by local boxers. In the second round, Scara started attacking but he was let down by failing to follow up the body punches that he made. The upper cuts that he threw were easily detected by Gearbox. The Scud stable boxer, Gearbox dominated the first three rounds.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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