‘The Bulawayo Bomber’ shocks SA champ Visser

JOHANNESBURG-based Zimbabwean Elvis ‘The Bulawayo Bomber’ Moyo, 35, shocked friend and foe alike when he beat South African heavyweight champion Ruann Visser over 10 rounds at the Time Square Sun Arena in Pretoria on Sunday.

Judges Simon Mokadi and Jaap van Nieuwenhuizen scored 97-93 and 96-94, while judge Phumeza Zinakile had it 98-95. Visser (118.25kg) appeared to be completely out of touch as he failed to land any solid punches and spent most of the fight pawing with his left hand and missing when he threw his right. The stocky and much shorter Moyo (128kg) outhustled his bigger, younger and more-fancied opponent throughout. There was very little action in round one and the first significant punch landed was in the second round by Moyo scoring to the body with a right.

In rounds four and five with little coming back from the rather clumsy Visser, 28, who does not appear to punch correctly, Moyo was able to score with some solids right hands over the South African’s left. In a poor fight, Visser tried to pick up the pace in the seventh round but through rounds eight, nine and 10 there was very little solid action with Moyo receiving a deserved decision in the end. Moyo improved his record to 9-5-2; 4 while Visser’s record dropped to 14-2; 13.