Oosthuizen outsmarted

In a battle of southpaws, Thabiso Mchunu (above) gained revenge and added the African Boxing Union (ABU) cruiserweight title to his South African cruiserweight crown when he completely outclassed Tommy Oosthuizen to score a unanimous 12-round points decision in their return match at Emperors Palace on Saturday night.

Judges John Shipanuka (Zambia) and Michael Neaquay (Ghana) scored 119-109 and 119-111 and the third judge Simon Mokadi (South Africa) handed in a card of 118-111, all in favour of Mchunu.

The scorecard showed the dominance of Mchunu, who scored to the body and jolted Oosthuizen’s head back on numerous occasions.

The sluggish and slow-moving Oosthuizen (90.45kg) never got into the fight as he only landed a few clean scoring punches, and held on in the last two rounds as Mchunu (90.55kg) emerged a clear and popular winner.

Even though they are from the same stable, fans now want Mchunu to go up against IBO champion Kevin Lerena.