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BSP put on a thrilling show on Friday night at Carousel Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa where there were three African Boxing Union titles at risk.
The battle between the most experienced men took place for the vacant ABU Super Feather crown as Jasper Seroka, 16-1 (7), defeated Gabriel Phakula, 21-7 (8), on points after 12 rounds in a rematch to their original contest two years ago.
The vacant ABU Super Flyweight crown was decided when prospect Lesley Sekotswe, 8-0 (6), hit the jackpot with a cuts stoppage of former South African Champ Simon Ramoni, 27-12-1 (17), in the seventh round.
Ramoni’s career hit it’s high point when “The Cheetah” defended his IBO Super Bantam crown for the third time with an eight round stoppage over former titlist Patrick Mullings in 2000, but Ramoni hasn’t been the same since losing the South African Super Fly belt to Zolile Mbityi in 2002.
Swedish based Ugandan Hassan Saku, 9-6 (8), came into the first title defense of his career as the reigning ABU Welterweight Champ but prospect Chris “The Heat” Van Heerden, 10-0-1 (8), left the Carousel Casino with the ABU belt after he KO’d Saku in the eighth round.
