In the Ring with France Lassie Mabiletsa

That 1987 clash at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, famously dubbed ‘The Super Fight’, ended not only in controversy, but in Marvin Hagler’s abrupt retirement from the sport. Nearly four decades later, in a quieter but no less symbolic moment, Mabiletsa, Botswana’s longest-reigning light heavyweight champion and Olympic trailblazer, is also stepping away.

Below, Mmegi’s scribe Maswabi, himself a retired ‘almost-was’ of the squared circle, steps back into the ring, not with gloves, but with questions. What follows is less an interview and more a 45-minute bout between memory and myth.