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Ricky Zililo Sports Reporter
WORLD Boxing Federation All-Africa heavyweight champion South Africa-based Zimbabwean heavyweight pugilist Elvis Victor Moyo will get his first cage fight against Sors “Guru” Grobbelaar on March 27, at Johannesburg’s Carnival City.After failing to get more boxing fights last year leading to his loss of the Elev8r sponsorship, Moyo decided to turn to the lucrative Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC Africa) which is broadcast on SuperSport.
“After losing my contract with Elev8r, I saw it proper to do something so that I make money. I am turning professional in the MMA (mixed martial arts) or EFC soon and this means that I will concentrate more on fighting in the cages. Cage fights pay well and I know that I will dominate and become an EFC Africa champion.
“I will still box and it is my hope to conquer both areas. I am excited that I have managed to get a fight against Grobbelaar and this is an opportunity for me to prove that I deserve to be a champion,” Moyo said.
He said will 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 which is dominated by South Africans, Ghanaians, Congolese, Nigerians and a few Egyptians.
Moyo has started training for his first EFC Africa match.
“I have already started my ground training with Brian Bloch at his Godfather Gym in Bramley. I got my EFC licence last year and the training that I have been doing is similar to the one that I do for boxing.
“I don’t think it is going to be a problem for me to adjust to EFC because I once did martial arts back home and what I have been doing is to perfect my moves,” Moyo said.
EFC non-championship bouts are fought in three rounds with championship matches being five rounds. Each round is five minutes.
Unlike in boxing, fighters in EFC are not allowed to enter the ring with shoes.
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