Ushampeni we IBO cruiseweight uKevin Lerena, uthi loku akwenze evikela isicoco sakhe okwesihlanu ngempumelelo emqhudelwaneni we Fist of Steel obuhlelwe yiGolden Gloves Promotions bekungumlayezo awuthumela kuwowonke amabhokisa asazobhekana nawo.
uLerena wehlule uSefer Seferi waseMacedonia ngomgqimuzo womlalisa phansi emzuliswaneni wesithathu empini abeyithwele ngeqoma ye IBO cruizeweight ebise Emperors palace ngomgqibelo ebusuku.
Ekhuluma nentatheli ye Independent Media, uLerena uthe loku akwenze kuSeferi kucacise ngokusobala ukuthi uyibhokisa elisezingeni lomhlaba futhi elisazogila izimanga kulomdlalo.
“Engikwenze ngoMgqibelo ebusuku kuSeferi akuyona into encane nje, kodwa yingqophamlando. Ngiyibhokisa lokuqala ukuguqisa uSeferi osemnkantshubomvu kulendima ngomzukiswano wesithathu. Ngonyaka ophelile, uTyson Furry wahlula uSeferi emzukiswaneni wesihlanu, okusho ukuthi mina ngenze into eyahlula uTyson Furry.”
“Ngangikubeke kwacaca bha ngaphambi kwempi ukuthi ngizoyiqeda esikhathini esingaphansi kwemizukiswano emine, ngephule irecodi lempi kaFurry no Seferi, ngempela loko ngikwenzile, futhi ngijabule kakhulu,” kugcizelela uLerena obezwakala nangezwi ukuthi ujabulile.
Ebuzwa mayelana nempi yakhe elandelayo, uLerena uthe okwamanje usafuna ukujabulela ukuvikela isicocosakhe se IBO Cruiseweight okwesihlanu ngempumelelo, wathi ufihle induku emqubeni ngempi yakhe elandelayo, kodwa wathembisa ukuthi izoba ngenkulu kakhulu kwaseke wazilwa.
Kwezinye izimpi, umpetha we WBA PAN African uJabulani Makhense waseLimpopo wenze into yamehlo ehlwitha isicoco se IBF Africa junior welterweight kuMarious Matamba wase Congo.
ULebo Mashitoa wehlule u Keoton empini yesicoco seGauteng Cruisweweight ebesingaphethwemuntu, uThembani Mhlanga wahlula u Aidan Quin empini yeJunior middleweight , kwathi uMduduzi Moyo waguqisa uMichael Markram empini yeLight heavyweight fight.