African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala yet to leave for World Championships due to visa issues
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The 19th edition of the monthly ESPN Boxing Africa fight night will descend on the Galleria in Sandton, Johannesburg on Thursday, 28 July.
The main fight involves South Africa's Jackson Chauke and Tanzanian Mustapha Mukapasi will battle it out for the ABU flyweight title in 12 rounds.
The co-main event will see home favourite Xolisani Ndongenitry negotiate the unknown challenge of the Philippines' Reymond Yanong in an intriguing 10-round super flyweight fight.
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African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala yet to leave for World Championships due to visa issues
AthleticsElsewhere, Kholosa Ndobayini (South Africa) will take on Anisha Basheel (Malawi) in the women's category of the lightweight division in a six-round bout.
Junior lightweights Lucky Monyebane and Koos Sibiya will split those in attendance as they duke it over eight rounds in an all-South African affair.
In another all-Mzasni fight, Mzuvukile Magwaca will pit his wits and fists against Sabelo Ngebiyana over eight rounds in the junior featherweight division.
The action will start at 19:00 CAT on ESPN 2, channel 218 on the DStv bouquet.
The latest round of ESPN Boxing Africa proved to be the best iteration of the increasingly popular series.
As reported by Sports Brief, the action took place at The Galleria in Sandton, Johannesburg in front of a highly enthusiastic crowd.
Each fight was decided by knockout as the fighters on show went all out for victory satisfyingly instead of choosing the usually sensible approach of keeping matters conservative in eking out the victory.