Cassper ‘ain’t giving up just yet’ after losing boxing match sponsorship
CASSPER Nyovest has announced he has lost sponsors and TV partners 10 days ahead of his most anticipated fight against fellow rapper Priddy Ugly.
The boxing match between Nyovest and Priddy Ugly is set to take place at the Capital City’s Sun Bet Arena at Time Square Casino on October 1.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday morning, the Tito Mboweni hitmaker said: “With Sponsors and TV partners pulling out this fight it’s gonna take a miracle to turn it around but I ain’t give up just yet.”
Despite the bad news, it seems Nyovest’s spirit hasn’t been dampened. He told fans “instead of tossing and turning for hours”, he went for a run.
Responding to a fan’s tweet about where the show will be airing, Mufasa confirmed that SuperSport had withdrawn its sponsorship.
“I hope this fight is going to show on SuperSport,” wrote @tatteddiplomat.
“Nah. Not showing on SuperSport. Long story but we lost the SS partnership, which then led to us losing betting company sponsorship cause they want TV,” explained Nyovest.
“As things stand, the only people who are going to see the fight are the people who have bought tickets to see it live. No TV or streaming,” he added in another post.
In the build-up to the show, Mufasa revealed he would quit boxing should he lose to Priddy Ugly.
“I’m fighting Priddy Ugly on the 1st of Oct, that’s in 2 weeks at Sun Arena. If I lose I will quit boxing forever. If I win I wanna fight Big Zulu next. Nobody wants to fight Zulu so i’ll step up. But first, Priddy Ugly Oct 1st, Sun Arena,” tweeted the star.
In April, Mufasa lost to musician and actor Anga “Naak Musiq” Makubalo at Sun City and although he insisted on a rematch, the former Isidingo star declined.
His debut celebrity boxing match was against controversial YouTuber Slik Talk, in December 2021, where Mufasa claimed his first victory.
The Celeb City Boxing exhibition fight is a weekend-long experience of events and musical performances from September 30 to October 2.
Meanwhile, Mufasa told his 4 million followers on Twitter that he’s dropping his latest single, Pardon My Arrogance, on Wednesday.