Boxing fest on tonight

ALL eyes are on Las Vegas tomorrow night with hundreds of private jets expected to descend upon Sin City but the boxing extravaganza actually starts underway tonight in Harare when mixed martial artists and boxing collide.

Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, are expecting a huge number of private jets from far and wide to flood into Las Vegas this weekend to see the “most valuable fight of all time” between undefeated former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and UFC Champion Conor McGregor.

The city’s four main airports — McCarran, Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City — are due to see a massive spike in activity for the unique and controversial bout.

Andy Christie, group director of Private Jets at Air Charter Service, said:

With some ringside seats at this weekend’s fight reportedly selling at more than $100 000, Christie is confident that tomorrow’s event may even top the traffic two years ago.

“Private jets are expected to be the preferred mode of transport for a relatively high percentage of the 18 000-strong crowd. We are certainly flying in more than we did two years ago — at the last count, we had aircraft booked for around four times as many people”.

And, in Harare tonight, a similar show, though without the private jets and all the razzmatazz, will get underway at Rainbow Towers when the boxing family comes together for the eight action-packed match-ups, including Zimbabwean cruiserweight Sting Gonarenda and heavyweight Elvis Moyo in two WBF Africa Championship bouts.

FIGHT CARD

Vacant WBF Africa Heavyweight Title Bout (10 rounds) Elvis Moyo (Zimbabwe) vs Bernard Adie (Kenya)

International Cruiserweight Bout (8 rounds) Ilunga Makabu Jr (DR Congo) vs Mussa Ajibu (Malawi)

Vacant WBF Africa Cruiserweight Title Bout (10 rounds) Sting Gonorenda (Zimbabwe) vs Kamanji Ramadan (Tanzania)

International Light Welterweight Bout (8 rounds) Wilson Masamba (Malawi) vs Lawrence Moyo (Zimbabwe)

International Lightweight Bout (8 rounds) Felix Vengenayi (Zimbabwe) vs George Otieno (Kenya)

International Super Middleweight Bout (6 rounds) Nicola Mutondara (Zimbabwe) vs Alick Mweda (Malawi)

Bantamweight Bout (6 rounds) Tinashe Mudshadwana (Zimbabwe) vs Tapua Tembo (Zimbabwe)

Middleweight Bout (4 rounds) Freeman Musariri (Zimbabwe) vs Liberty Muwahi (Zimbabwe)

Light Welterweight Bout (4 rounds) Last Magare (Zimbabwe) vs Phisidza Musaryrie (Zimbabwe) — Sports Reporter/Kwese Sport.