South African Olympian makes homecoming!

25/05/2005

South African Olympian makes homecoming!

Press Release: 2004 Olympic middleweight Kgotso Motau will  be returning to his roots on Friday when he steps into the ring at the Orlando Community Hall in Soweto , South Africa.  In  his first outing in his own back yard since turning professional last year, he will face Mpumalanga's   Oupa Mahlangu (4 wins, 4 losses) in a scheduled six round contest.  Motau, who fights exclusively under the banner of Branco Sports Productions (BSP), is unbeaten in his five professional fights to date,  all by first round knockout.  The main supporting bout, a bantamweight six-rounder, should also get the Soweto boxing public excited when another one of their local sons will be in action. South African # 2 Siyabonga Nyanga (13-3-2), schooled at the famous Dube Boxing Club, will do battle with # 3  Zolani Mbelekane (14-8-2). The stakes will be high, because the winner is set to challenge for Simphiwe Vetyeka's national bantamweight title.    Not to be overshadowed, the main event features an international junior featherweight contest slated for ten rounds between Gabula "The Tiger" Vabaza and former OPBF and PABA champion Jess Maca of the Philippines. The unbeaten Vabaza (21-0, 15 ko's), ranked # 10 by Boxingtalk, is one of the most naturally talented local fighter in the business at present. Maca, however, could be an entirely different proposition for Vabaza. The wily Fillipino standing before him at Orlando is a veteran of 69 fights (43 wins (17 ko's) 20 losses and 6 draws)