adminRicky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter
WORLD Boxing Federation All-Africa heavyweight champion South Africa-based Zimbabwean pugilist Elvis Victor Moyo has dared challengers to come forward for a title fight. Moyo is set to make his debut cage fight against Sors “Guru” Grobbelaar on March 27, at Johannesburg’s Carnival City.
The Bulawayo bred pugilist said the move to shift to the lucrative Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC Africa) cage fights which are broadcast on Supersport came after a frustrating 2013 boxing year which saw him getting only three fights.
Limited fights saw the “Bulawayo Bomber” losing his Elev8 sponsorship.
Moyo, one of Zimbabwe’s most promising boxers had been with the performance enhancer products company for a year and according to his contract, he was supposed to get five or more fights before his deal came to an end.
Moyo fought Osborne Machimana twice getting a draw in March and winning the November WBF title fight.
The Zimbabwean went on to lose to ex-South African junior heavyweight champion Danny Venter in a non-title fight at Pretoria North City Hall in July.
In that fight, Moyo lasted the six rounds and lost the encounter on points.
Poking opponents, Moyo said; “As the WBF All Africa heavyweight boxing champion, I will give any fellow African sanctioned by the board a crack for my title.
“Whoever dreams of landing their hands on my belt must be prepared to pass through me. I am ready for any opponent and if there are promoters that know any challenger, they must talk to those boxers and then call the Bulawayo Bomber.”
He is determined to attract sponsorship by pummeling opponents.
“After losing my contract with Elev8, the best way of making money for survival was through cage fights. I am turning professional in the MMA (mixed martial arts) or EFC soon and my first fight is against Grobbelaar next month. This is an opportunity for me to prove that I deserve to be a champion and I am ready for Grobbelaar,” Moyo said.
He said he would need at least three weeks between his EFC fights to train for a boxing bill.
EFC Africa stage tournaments every six weeks and Moyo will become the first Zimbabwean to participate in the growing sport dominated by South Africans, Ghanaians, Congolese, Nigerians and a few Egyptians.
EFC non-championship bouts are fought in three rounds with championship matches being five rounds long. Each round is five minutes long.
Unlike in boxing, fighters in EFC are not allowed to enter the ring with shoes.
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