SIMPIWE Tom returned to East London since his near tragic fourth-round knockout defeat by Sabelo Jubatha, taking yet another frightening beating at the hands of Lusanda “Sidubulungaye” Komanisi in an SA featherweight title eliminator at the Mdantsane Indoor Centre yesterday.
The bout was stopped – rather belatedly – in the fourth round.
Tom took a merciless beating from Jubatha, but the pounding he received from Komanisi was not fit to be meted out to a human being. Long before the third round, fans were pleading with Tom’s corner to throw in the towel and during the break, Komanisi’s trainer Nick Durandt did not even look at his fighter, choosing to monitor Tom’s progress instead.
Tom’s left eye was also swelling courtesy of Komanisi’s jab, which threw his head backwards like a pendulum every time it landed.
Komanisi punished Tom with big bombs, sending his opponent staggering around the ring and continued to bludgeon him in sickening fashion, It was brutality of the worst kind. Tom’s corner finally relented in the fourth round. But the kind of punishment Tom took, will likely end, if not shorten his career.
Former amateur star Makazole Tete scored a chilling first round knockout over Port Elizabeth’s Siyabonga Blaauw in their flyweight clash. Tete, the older brother of Zolani Tete, sized up Blaauw with a jab before uncorking a left hook that dumped Blaauw on the seat of his pants, where he remained until being attended to by medical personnel. With that performance, Makazole should be ready to up his level of opposition.
After a four-year absence, Giovanni Bushby returned with a bang, when he knocked out Meli Nqwenani in the first round of their middleweight clash. Nqwenani came out throwing wild swings and then swivelled full circle, forcing referee Andile Matika to warn him.
He then threw punches kilometres wide which missed badly, drawing boos from the crowd who loudly cheered Bushby.
Watched by his friends and family, Bushby bided his time before sending Nqwenani to the canvas for a count. When he rose on unsteady legs and staggered around the ring, referee Matika stopped the farce.
In another bout, a liver shot in the first round by Xolani Radi, left Siyanda Jubese writhing in pain for more than five minutes in their junior bantamweight clash. Lindile Tshemese outscored Bamanye Mejane in their bantamweight duel. In another thrilling clash, Daluxolo Mangcotywa used a series of body blows, dropping Msindisi Mathibe four times en-route to a lopsided points victory.
In a forgettable bout, Sinovuyo Tayi and Mlamli Madikane swung, missed, wrestled and held each other for the better part of their six-round junior welterweight clash before Tayi was declared the winner by split decision.
In a junior bantamweight bout, Mzuvukile Daniels from Port Elizabeth refused to engage, opting to run around the ring throughout the fight especially after Siphosethu Mvula had floored him twice in the first round.
As the rain continued to come down hard outside the hall, Mvula (whose name means rain in Xhosa), turned on the heat inside the ring, stalking and charging Daniels until he cornered him and rained down a flurry of punches, forcing referee Lulama Mtya to call a halt in the fifth round.
Tom takes yet another pounding
The bout was stopped – rather belatedly – in the fourth round.
Tom took a merciless beating from Jubatha, but the pounding he received from Komanisi was not fit to be meted out to a human being. Long before the third round, fans were pleading with Tom’s corner to throw in the towel and during the break, Komanisi’s trainer Nick Durandt did not even look at his fighter, choosing to monitor Tom’s progress instead.
Tom’s left eye was also swelling courtesy of Komanisi’s jab, which threw his head backwards like a pendulum every time it landed.
Komanisi punished Tom with big bombs, sending his opponent staggering around the ring and continued to bludgeon him in sickening fashion, It was brutality of the worst kind. Tom’s corner finally relented in the fourth round. But the kind of punishment Tom took, will likely end, if not shorten his career.
Former amateur star Makazole Tete scored a chilling first round knockout over Port Elizabeth’s Siyabonga Blaauw in their flyweight clash. Tete, the older brother of Zolani Tete, sized up Blaauw with a jab before uncorking a left hook that dumped Blaauw on the seat of his pants, where he remained until being attended to by medical personnel. With that performance, Makazole should be ready to up his level of opposition.
After a four-year absence, Giovanni Bushby returned with a bang, when he knocked out Meli Nqwenani in the first round of their middleweight clash. Nqwenani came out throwing wild swings and then swivelled full circle, forcing referee Andile Matika to warn him.
He then threw punches kilometres wide which missed badly, drawing boos from the crowd who loudly cheered Bushby.
Watched by his friends and family, Bushby bided his time before sending Nqwenani to the canvas for a count. When he rose on unsteady legs and staggered around the ring, referee Matika stopped the farce.
In another bout, a liver shot in the first round by Xolani Radi, left Siyanda Jubese writhing in pain for more than five minutes in their junior bantamweight clash. Lindile Tshemese outscored Bamanye Mejane in their bantamweight duel. In another thrilling clash, Daluxolo Mangcotywa used a series of body blows, dropping Msindisi Mathibe four times en-route to a lopsided points victory.
In a forgettable bout, Sinovuyo Tayi and Mlamli Madikane swung, missed, wrestled and held each other for the better part of their six-round junior welterweight clash before Tayi was declared the winner by split decision.
In a junior bantamweight bout, Mzuvukile Daniels from Port Elizabeth refused to engage, opting to run around the ring throughout the fight especially after Siphosethu Mvula had floored him twice in the first round.
As the rain continued to come down hard outside the hall, Mvula (whose name means rain in Xhosa), turned on the heat inside the ring, stalking and charging Daniels until he cornered him and rained down a flurry of punches, forcing referee Lulama Mtya to call a halt in the fifth round.
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