Boxing champ looking for a fight to defend title Dricus-style
The Citizen|June 24, 2024
Boxing champ Lucky Bokaba, pictured, is looking for a fight and says it's about time he defended his title.
Marizka Coetzer
Boxing champ looking for a fight to defend title Dricus-style

The boxer walked away with the African Boxing Union (ABU) SADC junior lightweight belt in September, and has been waiting for a fight since.

"I was supposed to fight next week in the super lightweight feather division, but the fight was cancelled.

"At the moment, it's a bit upside down with the promoters in boxing.

It's because of the changes at the boxing board, which cause many delays in local fights," he says.

When Bokaba, 32, is not boxing, he works as a coach at the CIT Performance Institute in Pretoria, where he helps develop upcoming young boxers.

"We have a lot of kids boxing at CIT.

This story is from the June 24, 2024 edition of The Citizen.

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