Floyd Mayweather Embarrassment: Boxing South Africa Apologises to Zulu King

• The egg continues to roll off the face of South Africa's boxing fraternity regarding the legendary Floyd Mayweather
• The unbeatable boxing great pulled out for an extravaganza where he was reported to be the guest of newly-coronated Zulu monarch King MisuZulu KaZwelithini
• Boxing South Africa, intent on healing the image of the sport in the country, came forward to apologise for the embarrassment

Boxing South Africa has moved to repair the image of the sport in the land.

This comes in the wake of the debacle where Floyd Mayweather pulled out of a boxing extravaganza set for Durban where he would have been a guest of Zulu monarch King MisuZulu KaZwelithini. However, an alleged pay dispute and alleged false promises scuppered the event.

According to the Sunday World, BSA said in a statement:

“BSA as the regulator of professional boxing in the country hereby wishes to tender an apology to the Zulu King, the boxing fraternity as a whole and to members of the public at large who may have been negatively affected by the actions of the Joy4Joy boxing promotions. BSA emphasises that it is the primary responsibility of promoters to stage quality and entertaining tournaments.

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"This means among others that the promoter must comply with the regulatory framework of Boxing SA, particularly the boxing regulations. In the current matter, Boxing SA gave the promoter ample opportunity to comply with regulations but the promoter failed to comply, leaving Boxing SA with no option but to cancel the tournament.”

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