Is Xolisa Magusha trying to cash in on his SA mini-flyweight title?
This question will be answered when he takes on Siphamandla Baleni at Ncumisa Khondlo Hall in Peddie on Sunday.
The fight will be a rematch of their December bout when Magusha dethroned Baleni in East London.
But since the fight, Magusha, who is the only SA champion from Sada, has been battling with his weight.
“This division is too small for me now,” he admitted before his clash against Luyanda Ndulani in July.
Severely drained with eyes glazing, Magusha resembled a zombie in the days leading to the fight.
While he rehydrated after the weigh-in, his sharpness was gone as he followed Ndulani around the ring unable to land a meaningful punch.
As Magusha is too big for the mini-flyweight division he wants to jump straight to the flyweight without campaigning in the junior-flyweight.
“I will still struggle to make the junior-flyweight so it’s better if I go straight to the flyweight,” he said.
After the fight his trainer Ncedo Cecane, who also hails from Sada but now based in Mdantsane, said the camp would take a decision regarding the weight the left-hander would campaign in.
“It is difficult to simply vacate a national title without a guarantee of another title shot,” said Cecane.
“If we get an opportunity to go straight to a title challenge we would vacate the mini-flyweight.”
However, that cannot happen due to the confusing Boxing SA rules that state a boxer must fight in the division in which he will challenge for the title a minimum of three times.
This means even if Magusha was to vacate the mini-flyweight title he would still have to fight three times in the flyweight before getting a title shot.
And without a dedicated promoter as Mzi Mnguni is no longer active owing to the massive heart attack which left him in a wheelchair, Magusha feels he cannot vacate the belt which serves as his meal ticket.
While he is caught up in the weight dilemma, Baleni is spitting fire gunning for revenge.
While it was difficult to deal with Ndulani’s style of darting in and out, Baleni will be easier as he will bring the fight to him. It will be up to him to prove if he is strong enough to deal with the rampant Baleni.
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