adminRicky Zililo in BULAWAYO
WORLD Boxing Federation All-Africa heavyweight champion Elvis Victor Moyo has dared challengers to come forward for a title fight.
Moyo, who is based in South Africa, 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 only getting 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.
Moyo fought Osborne Machimana twice, battling to 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. But Moyo is now poking his opponents.
“As the WBF All-Africa heavyweight boxing champion, I will give any fellow African sanctioned by the board a crack for my title,” he said.
“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.
“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.”
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 which is dominated by South Africans, Ghanaians,
Congolese, Nigerians and a few Egyptians.
Online Reporter