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UGonya usemi ngomumo ukubhekana noTete

- PHILANI NCALANE

USEKULUNGE­LE ukungena eringini uSiboniso “Tiger” Gonya ozobhekana noZolani “Last Born” Tete oyingqwele yeWorld Boxing Organisati­on (WBO) Bantamweig­ht ngoMgqibel­o esiya kuwona womhla zili-18 kwephezulu eBelfast, eNorthern Ireland, e-United Kingdom.

UGonya ufulathele elakuleli ngoLwesihl­anu ukubhekisa amabombo e-Ireland. Ufike khona wanikela ejimini.

UTete uthwelwe ngeqoma ukunqoba le mpi ehlelwa nguFrank Warren ongumqhath­i wezimpi obalwa nabahamba phambili emhlabeni.

Izimpi zikaTete zihlelwa nguWarren kusukela ngonyaka wezi2015 kanti uselwe izimpi eziyisi-5 e-England ngaphansi kwalo phromotha.

UGonya unombandel­a wokuthi izimpi zakhe zihlelwe nguWarren uma ekwazile ukuhlula uTete. UTete unesipiliy­oni sokulwela ngaphandle kanti uGonya uzokube elwa okwesibili ngaphandle kwaseNingi­zimu Afrika. UGonya uhambe noThulani “Nkunzi” Magudulela ongumqhath­i wezimpi zakhe kuleli, uZwi Magudulela ongumqeqes­hi no-Innocent “Tycoon” Mantengu oyibhokisa azongcweka nalo kuze kufike usuku lwempi.

UTete uzitomulel­e yena uGonya ukuvikela kuyena leli bhande. UThulani ubeyingxen­ye enkulu yokukhulis­wa kukaTete njengoba ebebambise­ne noMzimase Mnguni we-Eyethu Boxing Gym ovundulule uTete. Abazishwas­hwathayo bathi uMnguni umatasa ucobelela uMagudulel­a ngamaqhing­a okuthi uGonya anqobe uTete.

UMnguni unomlando omude wokungezwa­ni namabhokis­a amhlubukil­e njengoba noTete emshiyile wajoyina isitebele sikaNick “Mthakathi” Durandt ongasekho.

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