Christodoulou blames BSA
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Internationally acclaimed boxing judge and referee Stan Christodoulou has spoken out against the late payment or non-payment of boxers’ purses after they had fought. Christodoulou says late payment or non-payment of boxers’ purses is rife in the Eastern Cape even though he didn’t mention names of culprits. Current World Boxing Federation lightweight champion Xolisani “Nomeva” Ndongeni is still owed R1 million by Dicksy Ngqula from the days of the Premier Boxing League. Ndongeni was also among boxers who were not paid their purses after fighting at a Sijuta Promotions tournament in April 2016. Ndongeni only got his purse after BSA paid him from its coffers and then suspended Sijuta Promotions managing director Andile Sidinile. Late last month a tournament promoted by Ayanda Matiti’s Xaba Promotions and Events in East London was cancelled by BSA chief operations officer Cindy Nkomo only for BSA board chairman Dr Peter Ngatane to overrule her. Nkomo cancelled the tournament after Matiti had only paid 10 percent of the purse fees on the day of the official weigh-in. Christodoulou, the former executive director of the then South African National Boxing Control Commission (SANBCC), who has officiated in more than 140 fights all over the world, puts the blame squarely on BSA’s door as he insists that the organisation has failed to uphold its own rules and regulations.
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